Guugu Yimithirr cardinal directions

Words in Guugu Yimithirr:

• balingga echidna
• birri river
• bubu land
• buurraay water
• gangurru kangaroo
• gulaan possum
• guuju fish
• jijirr bird
• munhu grass
• nanggurr home/camp
• ngalan sun
• thaarba snake
• Wantharra nyundu? How are you?
• Guugu Yimithirr [ˈkuːku ˈjɪmɪt̪ɪr] means “having this speech”
• nyulu yarra naga nhaamaalma He is looking that way East

The 4 layers of Guugu Yimithirr, the Language of Centredness:

1. Redemption, atonement
2. Sensuality, physicality
3. Guugu Yimithirr
4. Orientation

Guugu Yimithirr is classified as a Pama-Nyungan language, alongside 305 others of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia, of the Paman > Yalanjic branches.