Jawi dialect

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.

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

Jawi is a Non-Pama–Nyungan language of the Nyulnyulan family, most closely related to Bardi.

[5] Bowern discusses how Jawi and Bardi may have converged within the last hundred years.

[6] Jawi people were hit hard by influenza[7] in the early years of the 20th century.