Yolngu
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a word meaning "person" in the Yolngu lects.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈjɒlŋu/
Noun
Yolngu (plural Yolngu)
- A member of an indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Proper noun
Yolngu
- The Pama-Nyungan lects spoken by these people, when regarded as a single language or language group; the Murngic languages.