ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Australia · ISO 639-3 djn · Glottocode djau1244

Jawoyn

Jawoyn contributes a nearly extinct Gunwinyguan language with an Australian reference point and Latin-script assignment.

Language family
Gunwinyguan
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
nearly extinct
Macroarea
Australia
Source country codes
AU
Reference point
-14.136, 133.002

Open research question

Which community-governed sources can appropriately represent current speaker practice, place connections and learning provision?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.