Jawoyn_language

Jawoyn language

Jawoyn language

Australian Aboriginal language

Jawoyn (Jawonj, Jawany, Djauan, Jawan, Jawony; Adowen, Gun-djawan), also known as Kumertuo, is an endangered Gunwinyguan language spoken by elders in Arnhem Land, Australia.

Quick Facts Region, Ethnicity ...

Phonology

Consonants

More information Peripheral, Laminal ...

/ɾ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r].

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

References

  1. [1]
    "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    N57 Jawoyn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Merlan, Francesca and Jacq, Pascale. (2005). Jawoyn-English dictionary & English finder-list. Northern Territory: Diwurruwurru-jaru Aboriginal Corporation, Katherine.

Merlan, Francesca C. (2016). Tricksters and Traditions: Jawoyn Stories and Storytellers. (Asia-Pacific Linguistics, 31.) Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.


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