[PDF] A Beginners Guide To Australian Aboriginal Words eBook

Author : Barry J. Blake
Publisher : University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :

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Second and revised edition of a survey of Aboriginal languages and their relation to tribal life. Before European settlement there were over 200 different languages, but more than half of these are now extinct. Includes a section on Aboriginal words in Australian English. First published in 1981.

Author : R. Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 9780646403687

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Booklet introducing Aboriginal art. Consists of a guide to Aboriginal symbols and their meanings, and brief accounts of 12 Dreamtime stories. Draws parallels with other mythic traditions. Illustrations throughout. Author has worked in the Aboriginal art industry since 1993.

Author : James William Wafer
Publisher : Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 32,80 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Foreign Language Study
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The handbook is a guide to Aboriginal languages, with illustrative vocabularies. It is divided into two parts: the first part, which includes maps, is a survey of the Indigenous languages of NSW and the ACT, giving information about dialects, locations, and resources available for language revitalisation; the second part provides word-lists in practical spelling for 42 distinct language varieties. There is also useful information on contact languages, sign languages and kinship classification, as well as an appendix on placenames. The handbook is a valuable reference and educational resource, useful to Aboriginal people who want to revitalise their language.

Author : Macquarie Dictionary
Publisher : Macquarie
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1760789747

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Macquarie Aboriginal Words is a dictionary of words from a selection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. This ebook covers the languages of Diyari & Kaurna from South Australia. For each language, the following information is provided: · a brief history of the language · points on the grammar, spelling and pronunciation · an extensive wordlist organised by categories, such as animals, body parts, kin relationships, placenames, etc. · a dual index, i.e. English to Language and Language to English This ebook series is based on Macquarie Aboriginal Words originally published in print in 1994. The sheer diversity of indigenous languages in Australia must be close to the greatest and richest component of this country's national cultural heritage ... This book is much needed, as it gives a sense of the richness of a heritage which is disappearing in many areas of the country. NOEL PEARSON

Author : Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,19 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
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Australian Aboriginal Words in English records the Aboriginal contribution to Australian English and provides the fullest available information about their Aboriginal background and their Australian English history.

Author : Macquarie Dictionary
Publisher : Macquarie
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 15,18 MB
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1760980684

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Macquarie Aboriginal Words is a dictionary of words from a selection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. This ebook covers the languages of Datiwuy, Eastern Arrernte, Murrinh-Patha from the Northern Territory. For each language, the following information is provided: - a brief history of the language - points on the grammar, spelling and pronunciation - an extensive wordlist organised by categories, such as animals, body parts, kin relationships, placenames, etc - a dual index i.e. English to Language and Language to English. This ebook series is based on Macquarie Aboriginal Words originally published in print in 1994. "The sheer diversity of indigenous languages in Australia must be close to the greatest and richest component of this country's national cultural heritage ... This book is much needed, as it gives a sense of the richness of a heritage which is disappearing in many areas of the country." NOEL PEARSON

Author : Macquarie Dictionary
Publisher : Macquarie
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 17,36 MB
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1761260820

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Macquarie Aboriginal Words is a dictionary of words from a selection of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. This ebook covers the languages of Bundjalung, The Sydney Language and Wiradjuri from New South Wales. For each language, the following information is provided: · a brief history of the language · points on the grammar, spelling and pronunciation · an extensive wordlist organised by categories, such as animals, body parts, kin relationships, placenames, etc. · a dual index, i.e. English to Language and Language to English This ebook series is based on Macquarie Aboriginal Words originally published in print in 1994. The sheer diversity of indigenous languages in Australia must be close to the greatest and richest component of this country's national cultural heritage ... This book is much needed, as it gives a sense of the richness of a heritage which is disappearing in many areas of the country. NOEL PEARSON