Jawi dialect
| Jawi | |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Australia |
| Extinct | by 2003[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | djw |
| Glottolog | djaw1238 |
| AIATSIS[2] | K16 |
| ELP | Jawi |
Jawi is a nearly extinct dialect of the Bardi 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.[3]
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.[3]
References
Cited references
- ^ Jawi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ K16 Jawi at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ^ a b 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 ‘Native vocabulary: Sunday Island’, unpublished manuscript.
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