Is yuendumu a dry community?

This community is a dry community, no alcohol is permitted. This applies to everyone, including visitors. Local Government The local council is the Central Desert Regional Council. The land council is Central Land Council (CLC).

Who lives in Yuendumu?

Yuendumu is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is one of the larger remote communities in central Australia. It is 293 km northwest of Alice Springs. There are about 817 people living at Yuendumu; most are Warlpiri and Anmatyerre Aboriginal people….Yuendumu, Northern Territory.

Yuendumu Northern Territory
Federal Division(s) Lingiari

What is Yuendumu doors?

The doors were a way for Warlpiri people to connect the Yuendumu youth to their culture, particularly important to Aboriginal people since white settlers had made their home in their ancestral lands and now dictated much of daily life.

What language is spoken in Yuendumu?

Warlpiri
Languages by community

Region Language
Yuendumu Warlpiri
MacDonnell region
Amoonguna Eastern/Central Arrernte, Western Arrarnta
Apatula (Finke) Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Luritja/Pintupi

What is the language group of the largest community at Yuendumu?

The Yuendumu School is composed of 260 student from Preschool to Senior Years. The team is made of both yapa (Indigenous people) and kardiya (non-Indigenous). 95% of the students speak Warlpiri as their first language.

Where are Warlpiri people from?

Central Australia
Warlpiri country is located in the Tanami Desert, east of the Northern Territory-Western Australia border, west of the Stuart Highway and Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, and northwest of Alice Springs. Many Warlpiri people live in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine, and the smaller towns of Central Australia.

What tribe is Yuendumu?

Yuendumu is an Indigenous Community which sits on the edge of the Tanami Desert approximately 350 kms north west of Alice Springs. It is one of the largest Aboriginal communities in central Australia with a fluctuating population of approximately 1,000 Warlpiri people.

What language is Warlpiri?

Warlpiri language

Warlpiri
Region Northern Territory, Australia
Ethnicity Warlpiri, Ngalia
Native speakers 2,304 (2016 census)
Language family Pama–Nyungan Ngumpin–Yapa Ngarrkic Warlpiri

How do you say hello in Warlpiri?

If you’re planning a trip to the country or are trying to learn Warlpiri, keep reading to discover some of the most important greetings….Greetings.

English Warlpiri
general greeting Yuwa
how are you? Ngurrju mayinpa?
reply to Ngurrju mayinpa Yuwayi, ngurrjuna
reply to Ngurrju mayinpa Ngurrjuna

Where is Yuendumu community?

central Australia
The Yuendumu Community sits on the edge of the Tanami Desert approximately 350 kms north west of Alice Springs. It is one of the largest Aboriginal communities in central Australia with a fluctuating population of approximately 1,000 Warlpiri people.