Yolngu

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Yolngu (Yolŋu matha) Yolngu or Yolŋu is a member of the Pama-Nyungan family of languages. It is spoken in the north-eastern part of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of…

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Yucatec Maya

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Yucatec Maya (Màaya t'àan) Yucatec Maya is a Mayan language spoken by about 800,000 - 1.2 million people in Mexico and Belize. It is spoken mainly in Yucatan in Mexico,…

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Yukaghir

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Yukaghir The Yukaghir language family consists of just two languages: Northern or Tundra Yukaghir and Southern or Forest Yukaghir, both of which are spoken along the Kolyma River in North-East…

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Yupik

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Yupik (Yup'ik/Юпик) The Yupik languages belong to the Yupik branch of the Eskimo language family. They are spoken by about 11,800 people in Alaska and Siberia. Yupik is written with…

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Yurok

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Yurok (Puliklah) Yurok is an Algic language spoken by about a dozen elderly people in Northern California. It was spoken by the Yurok tribe in Del Norte County and Humboldt…

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