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Yolngu Language: Arnhem Land and Yunupingu

yolngu language: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, whose is now referred to by local media as Dr, according to CTV. G. Yunupingu because of cultural sensitivities among northern Australian Aborigines around naming the dead, died Tuesday after a long illness in a Darwin Hospital, west of his ancestral country known as Arnhem Land, Darwin-based Skinnyfish Music said in a statement. He was 46. Yunupingu is remembered today as one of the most important figures in Australian music history, blind from birth and emerging from the remote Galiwin'ku community on Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land to sell over half a million copies of his albums across the world, singing in his native Yolngu language, the statement said. He released another two top-five studio albums -- Rrakala and The Gospel Album -- and performed around the world for audiences including former President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tweeted that Yunupingu was a remarkable Australian sharing Yolngu language with the world through music. His debut album Gurrumul released in 2008 hit triple platinum in Australia, silver in Britain and topped charts in other countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.