Jawoyn language

Jawoyn
Djauan
RegionArnhem Land, Australia
EthnicityJawoyn people
Native speakers
15 (2021 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Jawoyn
  • Genhinj'mi
  • Ngarla'mi
  • Lhetburrirt
  • Ngan-wirlang
Language codes
ISO 639-3djn
Glottologdjau1244
AIATSIS[2]N57
ELPJawoyn

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.

  1. ^ "SBS Australian Census Explorer". Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  2. ^ N57 Jawoyn at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies