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Yartparrawarra

26/11/2017

 
[jaʈpaɾawaɾa]

one who excels at playing the didgeridoo

Mawng – approx 260 speakers – Australia (Goulburn Island, Northern Territory)

Mawng is the common language spoken on Warruwi, an island also known as South Goulburn Island in the North West of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Around 400 people live on Warruwi. Mawng is the main language but people also speak Kun-barlang, Kunwinjku as well as Yolgnu-matha languages and some Torres Strait Creole and English. More about Mawng.
Source: Ruth Singer, Nita Garidjalalug, Mawng Dictionary

Credit: Linda Barwick

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