[rroblak]

Agreed. I was surprised that the article didn't mention the Hawaiian Pidgin expression "da kine"[1], which functions similarly to "jawn". Funnily enough, the da kine Wikipedia page makes the same claim regarding uniqueness of expression.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_kine

[ludamad]

A big problem I have with news articles: Usually they correctly state that an expert has an opinion (sure, someone thinks jawn is different for $FOO reason), but it usually has no real bearing on expert consensus, nulling the value of asking an expert.

[SerLava]

I came here looking for a mention of da kine.

>According to experts, it's unlike any word, in any language.

Some experts. I kept reading looking for a reason why it was substantially different from da kine, and the more I read, the more familiar the description sounded.