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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesDVD, Australian Electoral Commission, Your vote matters : understanding the federal electoral system
Information on why we vote, how to register to vote and what to do with the ballot papers. It also explains the special arrangements for absent, mobile an dearly voting. Includes tracks in 5 languages as well as English.pitjantjatjara, western kriol, walmajarri, torres strait creole, jaru -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Kimberley Language Resource Centre, Guide to writing languages of the Kimberley, 2000
Includes notes on pronunciation, South Kimberley orthography, and an inventary of orthographies. Has small black and white illustrations.Maps, b&w illustrations, tableskimberley, bardi, bunuba, gajirrawoong, gamberre, gooniyandi, gwini/kwini, jaru, juwaliny, karajarri, kija, kukatja, malngin, mangala, miriwoong, ngardi, ngarinyin, nyangumarta, nyikina, nyuinyul, walmajarri, wangkajunga, wanyjirra, warrwa, worla, worrorra, wunambal, yawuru, yulparlja -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Blake, Barry J, Australian Aboriginal Languages : a general introduction, 1991
Non-technical introduction covering phonology, grammar, vocabulary, sociolinguistics, language relationships pidgin and Aboriginal English, loan words in English, wordlists in Tiwi, Malak-Malak, Alyawarre, Walmajarri, Nyungar, Pitjantjatjara, Wemba-Wemba, Dharawal, Bidyara, Pitta-Pitta, Kalkatungu and Mayi-Yabi. In 1788 Australia had more than 200 such languages -- as different from each other as English is from French. Today, more than 100 are extinct and many of the rest are under threat. Professor Blake describes the sounds, spelling and location of the different languages, and dispels many popular myths.viii, 138 p. : ill., map. ; 21 cm.Non-technical introduction covering phonology, grammar, vocabulary, sociolinguistics, language relationships pidgin and Aboriginal English, loan words in English, wordlists in Tiwi, Malak-Malak, Alyawarre, Walmajarri, Nyungar, Pitjantjatjara, Wemba-Wemba, Dharawal, Bidyara, Pitta-Pitta, Kalkatungu and Mayi-Yabi. In 1788 Australia had more than 200 such languages -- as different from each other as English is from French. Today, more than 100 are extinct and many of the rest are under threat. Professor Blake describes the sounds, spelling and location of the different languages, and dispels many popular myths.australian languages. | aboriginal australians -- languages. | language - linguistics - phonology and phonetics | language - kriol | language - sociolinguistics - secret and special languages | language - vocabulary - human classification | language - vocabulary - word lists
