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Nhangu (Yan-nhaŋu)
Nhangu is part of the Yolŋu Matha branch of the Pama-Nyungan language family. It is spoken by the Yan-nhaŋu people in the Crocodile Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia, mainly in the Maningrida and Milingimbi communities. The language is also known as Nhaŋu, Nangu, Yanangu, Jarnango or Yan-nhaŋu. Varieties of Nhangu include Gamalaŋga, Gorryindi, Mäḻarra, Bindarra, Ngurruwulu and Walamangu

From https://www.omniglot.com/writing/nhangu.htm

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Yanyuwa is the language of the Yanyuwa people of the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria outside Borroloola (Yanyuwa: burrulula) in the Northern Territory, Australia. Yanyuwa, like many other Australian Aboriginal languages, is a highly agglutinative language with ergative-absolutive alignment, whose grammar is pervaded by a set of 16 noun classes whose agreements are complicated and numerous. Yanyuwa is unusual among languages of the world in that it has separate dialects for men and for women at the morphological level. The only time that men use the women’s dialect is if they are quoting someone of the opposite sex and vice versa. Yanyuwa is extremely unusual in having 7 places of articulation for stops, compared to 3 for English and 4–6 for most other Australian languages.  (from Wikipedia)

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Yindjibarndi is thought to be spoken by about 300 Aboriginal people living in and around Roebourne, Western Australia. The area is bordered by Kariyarra and Nyamal land to the north, Ngarluma to the west, Martuthunira and Kurrama land to the south and Nyiyaparli and Palyku land to the east and around the area of the Fortescue River. More information can be found at the wangkamaya site.

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Yumplatok (also known as Torres Strait Creole) is spoken by around 30,000 people in far north Queensland and the Torres Strait.

The Torres Strait Island Flag shows the influences within the culture of the people. The green panels at the top and bottom of the flag represent the land, the central blue panel represents the sea. The black lines dividing the panels represent the Torres Strait Islander people. The centre of the flag shows a white dhari (dancer’s headdress) and the five points of the star represent the five island groups in the Torres Strait. The white represents the place of Christianity and of the ‘Coming of the Light’ (the arrival of missionaries to the Torres Strait).

While Yumplatok is a sister language to many Melanesian languages (eg. Solomon Pijin, Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea and Bislama of Vanuatu) it is a distinct language in its own right.

Useful Links….

www.torresstraitheritage.com

Some word examples :

Welcome – ‘Mayem’
Thankyou – ‘Eso’
Good Morning – ‘Gud Moning’
Yes — ‘Wa’
Goodbye – ‘Yawo’