Yan-nhangu
Yarnango; Yan-Nhangu; Nangu; Yanangu; Djinaŋ; Gunbirrdji; Gunbirri; Jaer-nungo; Jan:angu; Janango; Janjango; Jarnangu; Malara; Malarra; Murrungun; Murruŋun; Nango; Yaernungo; Yaerungo; Yanango; Yannangu; Yannaŋu; Yannhangu; Yannhaŋu; Yarenango;Jarnango;
Pama-Nyungan; Yolngu
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Dhuwal, Djambarrpuyŋu, Gupapuyŋu, English
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"Yan-nhaŋu itself is not a homogeneous language (Bowern 2008). There are six patrilectal or clan varieties; three are Dhuwa, three Yirritja. [...] In addition to the small number of fluent speakers between the ages of 40 and 80 there are approximately 150 heritage owners with patrilineal ancestral connections to Yan-nhaŋu language, land, sea and madayin (sacred paraphernalia), and a further 120 Yirritja Burrara/Yan-nhaŋu (Gamal, Gidjingali, and Anbarra) people with language ownership rights."
2010
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Crocodile Islands of North- Eastern Arnhem
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"It is a member of the Nhaŋu dialect cluster spoken from the Crocodile Islands in the west to the Wessel Islands in the east."
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Yan-nhaŋu language learning is not a high priority for heritage owners
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"It is a member of the Nhaŋu dialect cluster spoken from the Crocodile Islands in the west to the Wessel Islands in the east."
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In the public domain Djambarrpuyŋu is the lingua franca among Yolŋu at Milingimbi, and English is used with the non-Indigenous school and government service providers, such as store managers, teachers and nurses
"Yan-nhaŋu has very low prestige at Milingimbi outside the Yan-nhaŋu clans."
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"In 1983, possibly forty speakers were reported."
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Australia: Northern Northern Territory, northern Arnhem Land, on two of the most western Crocodile Islands, adjacent to Cape Stewart, Maningrida and Millingimbi.
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Djambarrpuyngu, Gupapuyngu, Burarra
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Northern Territory, 2 of westernmost Crocodile Islands, adjacent to Cape Stewart, Maningrida and Milingimbi.
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