The Gupapuyŋu app is part of the resource pack developed for teaching Yolŋu languages and culture at Charles Darwin University. You can download the full app from the links further below.
The app has 4 main sections:
Sounds and Spelling
-learn about the sounds of Gupapuyŋu and listen to
pronunciation
-learn spelling rules and test your spelling
Grammar
-explore grammar through words, sentences or grammar
categories
-test your grammar
Stories
-more than 300 stories written in Gupapuyŋu Dhuwala
language with glossary
Kinship
-Yolŋu kinship system and land
-Interactive Yolŋu kinship chart and definitions
Audiovisual
Learning of 25
Consonants
Yolŋu Literature with
Glossary
Yolŋu Kinship
Permission information
This application has been made with the permission,
guidance and approval of a group of Yolŋu advisers,
educators and elders from the major Yolŋu communities
and homelands, including Waymamba Gaykamaŋu, a senior
Gupapuyŋu woman from Milingimbi, and lecturer in Yolŋu
Studies at CDU. This application is for all
people, Yolŋu and Balanda, who are studying the sounds,
spelling, grammar, kinship, lexicon, and literature of
Yolŋu Languages.
Download
The app will run on most Windows versions to Windows 10
and Macintosh OSX versions from 10.7. Choose one of the
following links to download:
Windows
(36MB) *If your Windows10 computer cannot run this
program, use this web-based program https://matha.cdu.edu.au.
Macintosh
(127MB) *If this program doesn't work on your machine, try
the following steps:
1. Drop Gupapuyngu application
into Applications folder
2. Open Terminal
3. Type "chmod -R a+x
/Applications/Gupapuyngu_3_03.app/" (a space before
and after a+x is important)
4. Press TAB key
5. The name of the application should appear
e.g. "Gupapuyngu_3_03.app/"
6. Press ENTER key
If none of the options above works on your Mac machine, here is the web-based Yolŋu languages program https://matha.cdu.edu.au/.
Version information and updates
See the Version
information page for information about the versions
of this app, and for news and updates.