Jawi dialect
Nearly extinct dialect of the Bardi language of Western Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a language of Western Australia. For a language of the Patani region, see Kelantan-Pattani Malay. For an Arabic-based alphabet, see Jawi alphabet.
Jawi[2] or Djawi[1][3][4] or Djaui,[2] 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.[5]
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Jawi | |
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Djawi, Djaui | |
Region | Western Australia |
Ethnicity | Jawi |
Extinct | by 2003[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | djw |
Glottolog | djaw1238 |
AIATSIS[2] | K16 Jawi (Malay) |
ELP | Jawi |
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The name has also been spelt Chowie, Djaoi, Djau, Dyao, and Dyawi.