| Dhuwal | |
|---|---|
| Dhay'yi | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Daii, Dhuwal, Dhuwala, Makarrwanhalmirr |
Native speakers | 4,200 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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Standard forms |
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| Dialects |
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| Yolŋu Sign Language | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Northern Territory (as lingua franca for Aboriginal people)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:dwu – Dhuwaldjr – Djambarrpuyngugnn – Gumatjguf – Gupapuyngudax – Dayi (Dhay'yi)dwy – Dhuwaya |
| Glottolog | dhuw1248 Dhuwal-Dhuwaladayi1244 Dayi |
| AIATSIS[3] | N198 Dhuwal, N199 Dhuwala, N118 Dhay'yi |
| ELP | Dhuwala |
| Liyagalawumirr[4] | |
| Liyagawumirr[5] | |
| Dhay'yi[6] | |
Dhuwal (also Dual, Duala) is one of the Yolŋu languages spoken by Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory, Australia. Although all Yolŋu languages are mutually intelligible to some extent, Dhuwal represents a distinct dialect continuum of eight separate varieties. In 2019, Djambarrpuyŋu became the first indigenous language to be spoken in an Australian parliament, when Yolŋu man and member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Yingiya Guyula gave a speech in his native tongue.[7]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (2021). "Cultural diversity: Census". Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ djr Ethnologue
- ^ N198 Dhuwal at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Liyagalawumirr.
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Liyagawumirr.
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Dhay'yi.
- ^ "Yingiya Mark Guyula makes history, addressing NT Parliament in language". National Indigenous Times. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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