Definitions
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- noun A member of an
indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. - noun The lects spoken by these people, when regarded as a single language or language group.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I personally always associate "Yolngu" with the group of peoples in Arnhem Land famous for the band "Yothu Yindi".
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It was declared an Aboriginal Reserve in 1931 and thankfully the people known as "Yolngu" (often pronounced simplistically as "Yol-Noo") have, for the most part, succeeded in retaining and maintaining their strong, local, Aboriginal traditions.
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Yolngu is used in Armhem Land both for Yolngu people ie speakers of Pama-Nyungan Yolngu languages and for Aboriginal people in general.
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I'm in Sydney, also in Koori country and am familiar with that term and also with Murri and Yolngu and their particular regions.
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I bet the Yolngu and Koori and Nyunga would think it was a hoot and the SMH readers would have a cow.
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Maybe I should just go by my Yolngu name... but that's got a retroflex in it... barnmanarra, btw.
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Gopuru tells of a totemic fish chasing the northwest wind, of clouds forming and ocean currents swirling: metaphors for the complex kinship patterns that exist within a system where everything is shared, decisions are taken collectively and balanda non-Aboriginals who spend time with the Yolngu are incorporated into the family.
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Family and community are everything to the Yolngu.
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The two listen to the Yolngu people of north-east Arnhem Land, one of the oldest civilisations on earth. to perform a song from his new album, Rrakala, on a popular breakfast show.
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"He knows all the Yolngu songs and stories; he has a lot of stuff in his head that he doesn't let out," says Hohnen.
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