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.
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Phonology
Consonants
| Peripheral | Laminal | Apical | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labial | Velar | Palatal | Alveolar | Retroflex | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | k | c | t | ʈ | ʔ |
| tense | pː | kː | cː | tː | ʈː | ||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ɲ | n | ɳ | ||
| Lateral | l | ɭ | |||||
| Rhotic | ɾ ~ r | ||||||
| Approximant | w | j | ɻ | ||||
/ɾ/ can be heard as either a tap [ɾ] or a trill [r].
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Low | a |
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 Jawoyn