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(NT Charles Darwin University, Yolngu References for translations)

Yol dhuwala
Who is this?

Yaka nayi dhuwala
They are not here.

Yolku dhuwala wanja
Whose land is this?

Yaka dhuwala nhunju
This house is not yours.

Narraku dhuwala
This is the land of my mother.

Manymak dhuwala wanja nhinanharawa.
This is a good place for sitting.

Napurru gana marrtjina wanjalili wanjalili bukmaklill malanjulili
We were going around from place to place to all the places.

But only the spirits are here.
The others are dead.

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