Jawi dialect

Jawi
Djawi
Region Western Australia
Extinct by 2003[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 djw [2]
Glottolog djaw1238[3]
AIATSIS[4] K16 Jawi

Jawi[4] or Djawi[1][2][3] is a nearly extinct dialect of the Bardi language of Western Australia, the traditional language of the Djaui. There are no longer any known fluent speakers, but there may be some partial speakers.[5]

The name has also been spelt Chowie, Djaoi, Djau, Djaui, Dyao, and Dyawi.

Classification

Jawi is a Non-Pama–Nyungan language of the Nyulnyulan family, closest related to Bardi.[5]

References

Traditional lands of Australian Aboriginal Tribes around Derby.

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Djawi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. 1 2 "Documentation for ISO 639 identifier: djw". SIL International. Retrieved 2017-07-03. Name: Djawi
  3. 1 2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Djawi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. 1 2 Jawi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  5. 1 2 McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 40–42.

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 ‘Native vocabulary: Sunday Island’, unpublished manuscript.


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