Jawoyn language

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Jawoyn
Djauan
Region Arnhem Land, Australia
Ethnicity Jawoyn people
Native speakers
43  (2006 census)[1]
Dialects
Jawoyn
Genhinj'mi
Ngarla'mi
Lhetburrirt
Ngan-wirlang
Language codes
ISO 639-3 djn
AIATSIS[2] 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. Jawoyn reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Jawoyn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies


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