| Dhuwal | |
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| Dhay'yi | |
| Native to | Australia |
| Region | Northern Territory |
| Ethnicity | Daii, Dhuwal, Dhuwala, Makarrwanhalmirr |
Native speakers | 4,200 (2021 census)[1] |
Pama–Nyungan
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| Yolŋu Sign Language | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Northern Territory (as lingua franca for Aboriginal people)[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:dwu – Dhuwaldjr – Djambarrpuyngugnn – Gumatjguf – Gupapuyngudax – Dayi (Dhay'yi)dwy – Dhuwaya |
| Glottolog | dhuw1248 Dhuwal-Dhuwaladayi1244 Dayi |
| AIATSIS[3] | N198 Dhuwal, N199 Dhuwala, N118 Dhay'yi |
| ELP | Dhuwala |
| Liyagalawumirr[4] | |
| Liyagawumirr[5] | |
| Dhay'yi[6] | |
Dhuwal (also Dual, Duala) is one of the Yolŋu languages spoken by Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory, Australia. Although all Yolŋu languages are mutually intelligible to some extent, Dhuwal represents a distinct dialect continuum of eight separate varieties. In 2019, Djambarrpuyŋu became the first Indigenous language to be spoken in an Australian parliament, when Yolŋu man and member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Yingiya Guyula gave a speech in his native tongue.[7]