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Illustrated Topical Dictionary Of The Western Desert Language : Based On The Ngaanyatjarra Dialect, Wilf Douglas
Illustrated Topical Dictionary Of The Western Desert Language : Based On The Ngaanyatjarra Dialect, Wilf Douglas
Research outputs pre 2011
The dictionary is based on the Ngaanyatjarra dialect of the Western Desert Language. It was designed originally to bridge the gap between my description of the grammar of the Western Desert Language (Oceanic Linguistic Monographs, No 4 Revised 1964) and the anticipated comprehensive dictionary which has been submitted by Misses A Glass and D Hackett for publication in Alice Springs this year. Some spelling alterations have been made in this edition to be consistent with those in the Glass and Hackett work.
Aboriginality And English : Report To The Australian Research Council, Ian G. Malcolm, Marek M. Koscielecki
Aboriginality And English : Report To The Australian Research Council, Ian G. Malcolm, Marek M. Koscielecki
Research outputs pre 2011
The relation of aboriginality to English has important implications for communication between Aborigines and other Australians, and especially for the education of Aboriginal and other Australian children within a context of reconciliation.
The investigation of which this is the final report derives from the assumptions that Aboriginal English has been maintained at least in part because of its function' as a bearer of aboriginality and that, by exploring the nature of the distinctiveness of this dialect and the historical circumstances of its formation and ongoing development we may better understand how to provide appropriately for the communicative and educational needs …
Illustrated Dictionary Of The South-West Aboriginal Language, Wilf Douglas
Illustrated Dictionary Of The South-West Aboriginal Language, Wilf Douglas
Research outputs pre 2011
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Kwobba-Keip Boya: The Place Of Pretty Water And Rocks, Glenys Collard, Tim Thorne, Neville Williams, Steve Bark
Kwobba-Keip Boya: The Place Of Pretty Water And Rocks, Glenys Collard, Tim Thorne, Neville Williams, Steve Bark
Research outputs pre 2011
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An Introductory Dictionary Of The Western Desert Language, Wilf Douglas
An Introductory Dictionary Of The Western Desert Language, Wilf Douglas
Research outputs pre 2011
THE WESTERN DESERT LANGUAGE is the most widely spoken Aboriginal language in Australia. Dialects of this language a.re spoken in the vast area between Kalgoorlie and Alice Springs, Ceduna (South Australia) and Wiluna (Western Australia).
Today, radio waves speeding across the Central Desert a.re bristling with two-way chatter in the speech sounds of Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, Pintupi and other variants of the Western Desert language.
'YANAP' - short for the Yankuntjatjara-Ngaanyatjarra-Pitjantjatjara Air Service - carries speakers of these dialects from the Alice to Kalgoorlie, to the Aboriginal communities at such places as Docker River, Ernabella, Amata, Mt. Davies, Jameson, Blackstone, Warakurna, …
Wangka Pirnitjarra: Ngaanyatjarra, Amee Glass, Wilfred H. Douglas
Wangka Pirnitjarra: Ngaanyatjarra, Amee Glass, Wilfred H. Douglas
Research outputs pre 2011
This is a pre-reading booklet designed for the Ngaanyatjarra speaking people of Warburton Ranges and others scattered at various centres throughout the Desert areas of Western Australia.
There are usually about 300 Ngaanyatjarra speakers at the Warburton Ranges settlement.
The initial syllables of the illustrated words are organized alphabetically throughout the book, words having the same initial syllable occurring on a single page. It is intended that the saying of the words on each page will help the pupil to develop aural awareness of the sounds in the language.