Dhuwal language

Dhuwal
Dhuwal
Dhay'yi
Native to	Australia
Region	Northern Territory
Ethnicity	Daii, Dhuwal, Dhuwala, Makarrwanhalmirr
Native speakers	4,200 (2021 census)
Language family	Pama–Nyungan Yolŋu languages Southern (Dhuwal) Dhuwal; ; ;
Standard forms	Dhuwaya;
Dialects	Gupapuyngu; Gumatj; Djambarrpuyngu; Djapu; Liyagalawumirr; Guyamirlili; Dhalwangu [Dhay'yi]; Djarrwark [Dhay'yi];
Signed forms	Yolŋu Sign Language
Official status
Official language in	Northern Territory (as lingua franca for Aboriginal people)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; dwu – Dhuwal; djr – Djambarrpuyngu; gnn – Gumatj; guf – Gupapuyngu; dax – Dayi (Dhay'yi); dwy – Dhuwaya
Glottolog	dhuw1248 Dhuwal-Dhuwala; dayi1244 Dayi
AIATSIS	N198 Dhuwal, N199 Dhuwala, N118 Dhay'yi
ELP	Dhuwal; Dhuwala;
	Liyagalawumirr
	Liyagawumirr
	Dhay'yi

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.

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