Jawoyn language
{{short description|Australian Aboriginal language}}
{{Lead too short|date=October 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Jawoyn
|nativename={{lang|djn|Djauan}}
|region=Arnhem Land, Australia
|ethnicity=Jawoyn people
|speakers=15
|date=2021 census
|familycolor=Australian
|fam1=Arnhem
|fam2=Gunwinyguan
|fam3=
|dia1=Jawoyn
|dia2=Genhinj'mi
|dia3=Ngarla'mi
|dia4=Lhetburrirt
|dia5=Ngan-wirlang
|iso3=djn
|glotto=djau1244
|glottorefname=Jawoyn
|aiatsis=N57
}}
Jawoyn (Jawonj, Jawany, Djauan, Jawan, Jawony; Adowen, Gun-djawan), also known as Kumertuo, is a moribund Gunwinyguan language spoken only by elders in Arnhem Land, Australia.
Phonology
= Consonants =
| class="wikitable IPA" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Peripheral ! colspan="2" |Apical ! rowspan="2" |Glottal |
| Labial |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!voiceless |p |k |c |t |ʈ |ʔ |
| tense
|pː |kː |cː |tː |ʈː | |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
|m |ŋ |ɲ |n | colspan="1" |ɳ | |
| colspan="2" |Lateral
| colspan="1" | | colspan="1" | | colspan="1" | |l | colspan="1" |ɭ | |
| colspan="2" |Rhotic
| colspan="1" | | colspan="1" | | colspan="1" | |ɾ ~ r | colspan="1" | | |
| colspan="2" |Approximant
| colspan="2" |w |j | colspan="1" | | colspan="1" |ɻ | |
{{IPA|/ɾ/}} can be heard as either a tap {{IPA|[ɾ]}} or a trill {{IPA|[r]}}.
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist}}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.
External links
- ELAR archive of [http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0227 Jawoyn]
{{Pama–Nyungan languages|Macro}}
{{Australian Aboriginal languages}}
Category:Gunwinyguan languages
Category:Indigenous Australian languages in the Northern Territory
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