5 things that make Yugambeh a special and unique language!

1. Yugambeh predominately marks verbs for Aspect, not Tense. So if tense is where an action sits in time, I.e. the past, present, or future, aspect could be described as how an action sits in time, I.e. is it progressive, complete, imperfect, etc.

2. Yugambeh does not use articles, like 'The' and 'A/an'. Instead there is a complicated set of demostratives (this/these, that/those) that have singular/plural sets like English, as well as a three-way division of forms between visible, invisible, and "not there anymore". So for these 4 English words, Yugambeh has about 18 equivalents.

3. Yugambeh has an extensive noun morphology, Nouns can be marked with the ergative, object, genitive, allative, ablative, locative (with past and non-past forms), benefactive, purposive, a desiderative that can be turned into a verb! And a unique 'aversive' case for things you fight or are afraid of, because of this, every noun's place is clearly marked, so the word order is quite free.

4. 'We're leaving!', 'Not you, just us!'... Ever had this confusion in English? You wouldn't in Yugambeh, as our pronouns have inclusive and exclusive forms, I.e. 'We but not you'. There are also dual/plural forms, like the informal, 'You two', and 'Youse'

5. Yugambeh nouns have their own 'gender', I.e. types. But unlike the arbitrary masculine, feminine, and neuter you may know from European languages, where the table might be feminine in one language or masculine in another, Yugambeh nouns have more natural genders like Animate - Humans and Animals and Inanimate - Plants and Objects, and Places/Locations. These noun categories can affect certain noun, verb and adjective morphology!

So there you have it, 5 reasons why Yugambeh is a unique and special language. Without languages like this, linguists would never know what a language was capable of and sadly every day we lose more and more Indigenous languages to the point where future generations will only have access to a fraction of the languages that today's linguists and language enthusiasts do.

Yugambeh and many Aboriginal languages provide important insights into linguistic science and communication in general, one Aboriginal language, Jingulu, has even been used as the basis for a computer language because of its grammar's compatibility.

Through minority languages like Yugambeh, you can open your mind and give your brain an interesting cognitive exercise!