Yawuru
Yawuru was a Nyulnyulan language once spoken in Australia.
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Yawuru is a Western Nyulnyulan language spoken on the coast south of Broome in Western Australia.
Grammatically it resembles other Nyulnyulan languages. It has a relatively free word order.
By the late 1990s the number of fluent speakers of Yawuru had dropped to a handful but a few younger people dedicated themselves to learning the language and they are now teaching it in schools and in adult classes, in Broome.
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Words in Yawuru
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | jarndu | |
| name | nilawal* | |
| eye | niminy* | |
| ear | bidyara* | |
| nose | nimalul* | |
| tooth | rira* | |
| tongue | dyalany* | |
| hand | nimarla* | |
| blood | kunbulu* | |
| bone | kanydyi* | |
| skin | lurlku* | |
| knee | munyu* | |
| breast | Namarna* | |
| water | wula | |
| fire | dyuNku* | |
| sun | rumara* | |
| star | wiriny* | |
| stone | wanaNare* | |
| tree | balu* | |
| leaf | wirkiny* | |
| night | Nura* | |
| dog | ila* | |
| fish | warli* | |
| louse | dyuru* | |
| one | waranydyari* | |
| two | kudyara* | |
| I | Nayu* | |
| see | bura* | |
| hear | likara* | |
| come | bula* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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