English Explanatory Dictionary

Yolngu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.
name
  1. The Pama-Nyungan lects spoken by these people, when regarded as a single language or language group; the Murngic languages.

Pronunciation

/ˈjɒlŋu/

Word forms

Yolngu Yolŋu Yolñu Yuulngu

Etymology

From a word meaning "person" in the Yolngu lects.

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