Monthly Archives: May 2018

Kaya! Hello! I would like to start by giving an overview of the Noongar language. Noongar is the official language of the Aboriginal people in the southwest region of Western Australia. The language is also known as Nyungar, Nyoongah, Noongar … Continue reading →

http://muurrbay.org.au/ Muurrbay is a regional language centre supporting seven Aboriginal languages along the NSW coast from the Central Coast (about 1 hour north of Sydney) up to the border of Queensland.  They started when elders of Gumbaynggirr, near Nambucca Heads, … Continue reading →

When researching the language groups of the NSW south coast area, I came across a very interesting story on ABC OPEN. This link https://open.abc.net.au/explore/205813 provides a short article about the efforts of Aboriginal elders of the NSW South Coast in … Continue reading →

I came across this invitation by the State Library of Queensland for Queenslanders to learn and use a greeting from their local Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language during NAIDOC week in 2017. The aim was to “help raise awareness … Continue reading →

I stumbled across these clips while looking at some information on Dyirbal, an Aboriginal language from Queensland. They very briefly explain how languages shift and change over time, using Dyirbal as an example, as it was a strange case in … Continue reading →

Having studied Australia’s Indigenous languages through LING366 and the Aboriginal English dialect through another LING unit, I’ve found that schematic theory features heavily in understanding how we view the world. While examining schema theory and how it is reflected in … Continue reading →

Permission to Speak I came across this article http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-30/nt-indigenous-mla-yingiya-mark-guyula-wants-speak-native-tongue/8077696 I believe it is relevant to our course, Ling366 as it related to language loss and maintenance.  It also hit a chord with me that a native of our country , … Continue reading →

Uploaded by Marcelo Salvo, LING556 I found this relevant to the content of the unit because of the topic of Songlines. I also found it interesting because of the way in which language is used in storytelling. At 18:55, several … Continue reading →