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Yolŋu (Yolngu) or Murngin Sign Language is a ritual sign language used by the Yolngu, an Aboriginal community in the Arnhem Land region of Australia. As with other Australian Aboriginal sign languages, YSL was developed by the hearing for use when oral speech is forbidden, as during mourning or between certain family relations.
Yolŋu are people of North East Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, Australia. Yolŋu is the name Yolŋu use for people speaking suffixing languages collectively known as Yolŋu matha (lit: people’s tongue).1 Yolŋu languages belong to Yolŋu people.
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Yolŋu (Yolngu) or Murngin Sign Language is a ritual sign language used by the Yolngu, an Aboriginal community in the Arnhem Land region of Australia. As with other Australian Aboriginal sign languages, YSL was developed by the hearing for use when oral speech is forbidden, as during mourning or between certain family relations.
Yolngu. The Yolngu or Yolŋu ( IPA: [ˈjuːlŋʊ] or [ˈjuːŋuːl]) are an aggregation of Aboriginal Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. Yolngu means "person" in the Yolŋu languages.
Driven by the vision of Laurie Baymarrwaŋa (1917-2014), compelled by the spirit of the ancestors, this work is about the intergenerational transmission of language. (YSL) Yolŋu Sign Language is an endangered Indigenous Australian Sign Language.
Sep 23, 2019 · Yolŋu Sign Language (YSL) is a unique, endangered sign language of the Yolŋu people of North East Arnhem Land. YSL is not a signed version of the locally spoken language, but an alternate language for hearing Yolŋu. It is the primary language of deaf Yolŋu people. (Adone 2016).
