Guugu Yalandji is a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in North Queensland in Australia. It is spoken along the Bloomfield River, and in Daintree, Moosman, Wujal-Wujal and Cooktown. According to the 2016 census there are 320 speakers, about 100 of whom can read and write their language. Children learn the language in schools, and it is used in traditional religion and other oral traditions.
The language is also known as Kuku Yalanji, Gugu Yalandyi, Gugu Yalanji, Guguyalanji, Koko-Yalanji or Kuku-Yalangi
Download an alphabet chart for Guugu Yalandji (Excel)
Details provided by Michael Peter Füstumum and Wolfram Siegel
Hear how to pronunce these letters:
Nganjinanga nganjan jiringa, yundu ngulkurr bajaku. Nganjin yunun kuku nyakaku. Yundu yunduku majamaka bubungu yala yundu maja jiringa. Nganjinanga mayi daya nyikunku. Nganjinandamunku buyun-buyunku milka-wulay, yala nganjin buyun-buyunku milka-wulay kanbalda balkan nganjinanda. Yundu nganjinin nyakaku. Dubu kanbi, nyulu kari milka-bakanka, buyun-damanka. Yunduku majakuda, yunduku junkurrjikuda, yunduku dayirr-dayirrkuda.
Information about Guugu Yalandji | Tower of Babel
Information about the Guugu Yalandji language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yalandji_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gvn
http://sealang.net/archives/pl/pdf/PL-527.pdf
http://www.ausil.org.au/sites/ausil/files/WP-B-7%20Kuku-Yal%20-%20English%20Dict._0.pdf
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Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 09.06.24
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