Jawi language

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Jawi
Spoken in: Western Australia
Total speakers: None fully fluent.
Language family: Nyulnyulan
 Western
  Bardic
   Jawi 
Writing system: Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: aus
ISO 639-3: djw
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Jawi is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, the traditional language of the Jawi people. There are no longer any known fluent speakers, but there may be some partial speakers.[1]

The name has also been spelt Chowie, Djaoi, Djau, Djaui, Djawi, Dyao, and Dyawi.

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[edit] Classification

Jawi is a Non-Pama-Nyungan language of the Nyulnyulan family, closest related to Bardi.[1]

[edit] References

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ a b McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis, 40–42. 

[edit] General references

  • Bird, W. (1910). "Some remarks on the grammatical construction of the Chowie language, as spoken by the Buccaneer Islanders, North-Western Australia". Anthropos 5: 454–456. 
  • Bird, W. (1915). "A short vocabulary of the Chowie-language of the Buccaneer Islanders (Sunday Islanders) north western Australia". Anthropos 10: 180–186. 
  • Bird, W.; Hadley, S. (not dated). ‘Native vocabulary: Sunday Island’, unpublished manuscript.
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