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Jawi language
| Jawi | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Western Australia | |
| Total speakers: | None fully fluent. | |
| Language family: | Nyulnyulan Western Bardic Jawi |
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| 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.
Classification
Jawi is a Non-Pama-Nyungan language of the Nyulnyulan family, closest related to Bardi.[1]
References
Cited references
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 ‘Native vocabulary: Sunday Island’, unpublished manuscript.
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