Jawi dialect

Jawi or Djawi or Djaui, 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.

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
Djawi, Djaui
RegionWestern Australia
EthnicityJawi
Extinctby 2003
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3djw
Glottologdjaw1238
AIATSISK16 Jawi (Malay)
ELPJawi

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

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