A-H Yarluyandi & Wangkangurru Wordlist

Here is a list of Yarluyandi language compiled by the late linguist Luise Hercus and formatted by David Nash in 1990. The original wordlist can be found here. The spelling of some words has been changed to match the Wangkangurru spelling system, which is more familiar to learners of this language. 

Yarluyandi words are paired with the equivalent word in Wangkangurru so that learners can see the similarities and differences between these two neighbouring languages. 

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This wordlist is sorted alphabetically by the English word, for ease of use.

Yarluyandi action words (verbs) have had the ending (suffix) -yarra added. Other endings could be used instead. For example, 

thatyura-yarra is the present tense form in Yarluyandi which means to catch, catching

thatyura-rnda is the past tense form in Yarluyandi which means caught