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<h2 id="phonology">Phonology</h2> <h3>Consonants</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Peripheral_consonant/1MarVAWV">Peripheral</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Laminal_consonant/EVA0SWmd">Laminal</a></th><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Apical_consonant/L7691gMF">Apical</a></th><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Glottal_consonant/rMdEdLxH">Glottal</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Labial_consonant/bv4MqTMf">Labial</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Velar_consonant/blWClp79">Velar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Palatal_consonant/KLcKyXE8">Palatal</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Alveolar_consonant/B6VkW2EX">Alveolar</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Retroflex_consonant/lsBdJD4V">Retroflex</a></th></tr><tr><th rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Plosive_consonant/okC9pztc">Plosive</a></th><th>voiceless</th><td>p</td><td>k</td><td>c</td><td>t</td><td>ʈ</td><td>ʔ</td></tr><tr><th>tense</th><td>pː</td><td>kː</td><td>cː</td><td>tː</td><td>ʈː</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Nasal_vowel/E8MYuu0T">Nasal</a></th><td>m</td><td>ŋ</td><td>ɲ</td><td>n</td><td colspan="1">ɳ</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Lateral_consonant/Mcyc1or8">Lateral</a></th><td colspan="1"></td><td colspan="1"></td><td colspan="1"></td><td>l</td><td colspan="1">ɭ</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Rhotic_consonant/tcAGzjfP">Rhotic</a></th><td colspan="1"></td><td colspan="1"></td><td colspan="1"></td><td>ɾ ~ r</td><td colspan="1"></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><a href="/facts/Approximant/SXrlw7zY">Approximant</a></th><td colspan="2">w</td><td>j</td><td colspan="1"></td><td colspan="1">ɻ</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>/ɾ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r]. </p> <h3>Vowels</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th><a href="/facts/Front_vowel/htKQs3AT">Front</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Central_vowel/IFSaKUe9">Central</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Back_vowel/gyHoGCH0">Back</a></th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/High_vowel/Ne6tHQHR">High</a></th><td>i</td><td></td><td>u</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Mid_vowel/uzjGLRhf">Mid</a></th><td>e</td><td></td><td>o</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Low_vowel/roS0Y7lA">Low</a></th><td></td><td>a</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Merlan, Francesca and Jacq, Pascale. (2005). <i>Jawoyn-English dictionary & English finder-list</i>. Northern Territory: Diwurruwurru-jaru Aboriginal Corporation, Katherine. </p><p>Merlan, Francesca C. (2016). <i>Tricksters and Traditions: Jawoyn Stories and Storytellers</i>. (Asia-Pacific Linguistics, 31.) Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics. </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>ELAR archive of <a href="http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0227">Jawoyn</a></li></ul>