Yolŋu and their land

We Yolŋu people, in all our different nations, have many languages and many estates.

Every nation has law in it’s own homeland. There are also the larger towns on our lands, these are Milingimbi, Ramingining, Galiwin'ku, Gapuwiyak and Yirrkala.

At the beginning of time the creating ancestors walked over the country, putting the groups of Yolŋu people in place creating our lands, languages, ancestral songs, ceremonies and sacred law.

We would be happy for you to learn from us. You can talk with us through this website.

Yolŋunydja bäpurru ga bäpurru napurru ga nhina, dhäruk dharrwamirri, ga wäŋa dharrwamirri.

Bukmakthunydja bäpurruy ga ŋayathama rom walalaŋgiyingala yirralkaŋura. Wiripunydja ga dhärra yindi mitjin mala napurruŋgala wäŋaŋura, yäku Miliŋinbi, Ramangiṉiŋ, Galiwin’ku, Gapuwiyak, ga Yirrkala.

Ŋunhi ŋäthili baman’ birr walala waŋarr mala wäŋakurru gana marrtjina, yolŋu’yulŋunha marrtjina nhirrpara miṯtji, ga wäŋa walalaŋguwuy bokmara, ga dhäruk, ga manikay, ga buŋgul, ga raŋga, ga rom.

Ŋunhi nhe djäl marŋgithinyarawa napurruŋgala, nhe dhu dhiyala website-ŋura ga waŋa napurruŋgu.

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