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Let’s Speak Nyangumarta !. Advanced Class!. Vacation job at Strelley ( Nyangumarta ). Teacher/Linguist at Strelley. Principal, then Superintendent at Pitjantjatjara Lands. Studied Djirrbal at ANU. Curriculum Coordinator at Worawa ( Yorta Yorta ). Tutor at Monash Uni ( Bandjalang ).
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Let’s Speak Nyangumarta! Advanced Class!
Vacation job at Strelley (Nyangumarta) Teacher/Linguist at Strelley Principal, then Superintendent at Pitjantjatjara Lands Studied Djirrbal at ANU Curriculum Coordinator at Worawa (YortaYorta) Tutor at Monash Uni (Bandjalang)
Today’s Lesson Plan Aboriginal Language Map Phonics – how to sound indigenous Grammar – the rules are just like Latin
In the very beginning • Around 200 languages > Around 600 dialects • Number of Aboriginal languages considered 'alive' and in use as a first tongue today – 60
Sounding out A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Accent always on the first syllable Let’s Practice • Pupuka ‘frog’ • Pitapitawarnku ‘cat’ • Wangkarru ‘spider’ • Yukurru ‘dog’ • Parntukurrumara ‘white-breasted sea eagle’ • Marrngu ‘people’ • Pirirri ‘man’ • Mirtawa ‘woman’ • Manguny ‘Dreamtime’ • Nyangumarta ‘nyangumarta’
Counting • Waratja • Kutjarra • Kurrngal
Let’s Practice a Sentence Ngatjuyankulumarnatawunkarti. Ngatju ya -nkulu -marna -karti tawun Nyuntuyananintitawunkarti. Nyuntu ya -nani -nti tawun -karti
A Dreamtime Story NyunguMikurrunyamanguny. Pirirrilukalkurnikinyipulinyimirtawajirriwarajangakutjarra. Mirtamarninyjumikuluyirrirnikinyikurrimarninypirirringimarra. Jalakartijinikurrimarniny. Ranyjimarninymirtawapirirripawangkawaninyapulu. Pirirriyakujanikartimilyakartiwaninyirurtumartaji. Ranyjimarninymirtawawaninyipartijirri. Kurrimarninykarawaninyi. This is the Dreamtime story of the Mikurrunya Hills. A man had two wives. The older one used to eye the young girl with jealousy on account of the man. She used to make the girl camp away from the other two. The old woman and the man are close to each other. The man is on this side, near the road. The old woman is in the middle. The girl is west of those two.