Dhuwandja dhäwu International Mother Language-puy waluynydja Sunday 21st february-y. ARDS-dhu linyalany ŋäŋ’thun dhiyak.rnrnMilkirrinydji:rnrnŊarraku ŋäṉḏimirr dhäruk Dhuwala ga bäpurruny walal birrkili Gupapuyŋu.rnrnYinin Dhurrkay:rnrnŊarraku ŋäṉḏimirr dhäruk Dhaŋu ga ŋarraku ŋäṉḏimirriŋuny bäpurru Gälpu.rnrnThis Sunday, 21st of February, is International Mother Language Day. At ARDS we are celebrating our Language Teams Mother Languages. Here is Yinin and Milkirrinydji talking about their Mother language.rnrnMilkirrinydji: My Mother’s language is Dhuwala and their clan is Gupapuyŋu / Birrkili.rnrnYinin: My Mothers language is Dhaŋu and their clan is Gälpu.rnrnBuku-waṯthunawuy Nininyŋu RomrnrnAncient Languages, New SoundsrnrnYothu Yindi-rnrnŊäṉḏi dhuwala ŋayi yindi mirithirri yäku ŋunhi ŋilimurru ŋuli meṉguma, balanyaŋura malanyŋuŋura bäpurru’ŋura ga romŋura yindiŋura dhawaṯ’marama yurru yolŋuyu walalay ŋilimurru yurru ŋunhiliyi muka.rnrn-Bändil BurarrwaŋarnrnGumatjrnrnMaternal relationships -rnrnMotherhood is deeply significant but easily overlooked. The grandmother, mother, child relationships are central to our Yolŋu system of law and the structure of our clans in society.
