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2 unusual facts about Enindhilyagwa language


Enindhilyagwa language

Enindhilyagwa (also Anindilyakwa and several other names; see below) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Warnindhilyagwa people on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia.

The Change at Groote

The Change at Groote is a 1968 Australian film which examined how the Anindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt adjusted to the change in their lifestyle which resulted from the discovery of manganese on their land.


Persoonia falcata

The indigenous people of Groote Eylandt in their Enindhilyagwa language have the name awulka for the species and the people of Yirrkala in the Rirratjingu language have the name dangapa for it.


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