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Makarrata is About Everyone

  Miṉitjapuyŋu buḻaŋgitj ("good afternoon" in Yolgnu)(There is no Yolgnu word for "hello" https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/yolngu.htm)) I greet in Yol ... Read more

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