Yan-nhangu language
| Nhangu | |
|---|---|
| Yan-nhaŋu | |
| Jarnango | |
| Region | Crocodile Islands, Northern Territory, Australia |
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Native speakers
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15 (2008) 0 (2006 census) |
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Pama–Nyungan languages
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| Dialects |
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| Yan-nhaŋu Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: |
| Glottolog |
yann1237 Yan-nhangu
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| AIATSIS | N211* |
Nhangu (Nhaŋu), also Yan-nhaŋu (Jarnango) is indigenous Australian language spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of the Crocodile Islands, off the coast of the Northern Territory. The Yan-nhaŋu language belongs to the Yolŋu Matha language group of the Yolŋu people of Arnhem Land in northern Australia. The varieties of the two moieties are (a) Gorlpa and (b) Yan-nhangu.
The Yan-nhaŋu Language Team, started in 1994 by Laurie Baymarrwangga with encouragement from Bentley James, consists of linguists and native speakers working to compile resources for the description of Yan-nhaŋu culture and the revitalization of Yan-nhaŋu language. Laurie, unable to speak English, was able to express her desire to save her language when she met Bentley on Murruŋga Island. Bentley had started work as the outstations teacher and had learnt Djambarrpuyŋu. Having started with a mere 250 words, this dictionary work culminated in the 2003 Yan-nhaŋu Dictionary. This work has expanded to over four thousand forms in the Yan-nhaŋu Atlas and Illustrated Dictionary of the Crocodile Islands. This work has also initiated a family of projects aimed at sustaining the linguistic, cultural and biological diversity of the Crocodile Islands. These include the Yan-nhangu Ecological Knowledge YEK and bilingual resources data base for schools, CII Cultural mapping project, Crocodile Islands Rangers, and junior rangers programs, an ethnographic description of Yan-nhangu marine identity, learner's guide and an on-line dictionary project.
Yan-nhaŋu is a Yolŋu Matha (people's tongue) language belonging to the traditional owners of the seas and Islands of the Crocodile Group. Yan-nhaŋu is a Pama–Nyungan language family, the largest indigenous language family in Australia. The majority of Yan-nhaŋu speakers reside in and around Maningrida and Milingimbi communities, and surrounding outstations such as Murruŋga. The Yan-nhaŋu speaking Yolŋu people are the traditional owners of the land and sea of the Castlereagh Bay area.
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