Yanyuwa

English

Alternative forms

• Anyula, Yanuwa, Yanyula

Noun

Yanyuwa pl (plural only)

1. An Australian Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory. who live in the coastal region inclusive of and opposite to the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.

Proper noun

Yanyuwa

1. A Yanyulan Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in the Northern Territory to the south of Arnhem Land.

References

• Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, →ISBN.