| Jawoyn | |
| Nativename: | Djauan |
| Region: | Arnhem Land, Australia |
| Ethnicity: | Jawoyn people |
| Speakers: | 15 |
| Date: | 2021 census |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Australian |
| Fam1: | Arnhem |
| Fam2: | Gunwinyguan |
| Dia1: | Jawoyn |
| Dia2: | Genhinj'mi |
| Dia3: | Ngarla'mi |
| Dia4: | Lhetburrirt |
| Dia5: | Ngan-wirlang |
| Iso3: | djn |
| Glotto: | djau1244 |
| Glottorefname: | Jawoyn |
| Aiatsis: | N57 |
Jawoyn (Jawonj, Jawany, Djauan, Jawan, Jawony; Adowen, Gun-djawan), also known as Kumertuo, is an endangered Gunwinyguan language spoken by elders in Arnhem Land, Australia.
| 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 | |||||
| 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.