Jawoyn language

Jawoyn
Djauan
Region Arnhem Land, Australia
Ethnicity Jawoyn people
Native speakers
20? (2005) to 42 (2006 census)[1]
Dialects
Jawoyn
Genhinj'mi
Ngarla'mi
Lhetburrirt
Ngan-wirlang
Language codes
ISO 639-3 djn
Glottolog djau1244[2]
AIATSIS[1] N57

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

References

  1. 1 2 Jawoyn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Djauan". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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