A Handbook of Aboriginal Languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory"This book provides a guide to the Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, and to the current state of information about them. Part A has two main aims: to show (a) which dialects belong together as variant forms of the same language, and (b) which languages belong together as related members of a group; and to provide information about the current state of these languages, and a guide to the resources available for language revitalisation, including a bibliography. It covers 14 language groups, with additional chapters on contact languages, sign languages and terms used in kin classification, as well as two bibliographic appendices: one on placenames, the other based on the work of N. B. Tindale. Part B presents a word-list for each language, with an account of the sources used in compiling it, and an overview of the languages phonology."--Provided by publisher. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Language groups in NSW | 3 |
A guide to the languages of NSW and the ACT | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Aboriginal languages according AIATSIS Alternative names Anthropological appears associated Australian Australian languages Australian race Bibliography Blake Breen Broken Bay Bundjalung called Canberra Capell Central chapter classification and name Coast Crowley dialect dictionary Dixon E. M. Curr edition English gloss entries extended four further Gamilaraay gives Government Printer grammar Group heading Hercus historical Howitt ILDB inland Institute John Journal language name language varieties Library Linguistics Lissarrague Lower Macquarie material Mathews means Melbourne moiety Murray native northern notes O'Grady Oates orthography Pacific placenames Port possible present Press probably published Reconstruction recorded reference region relevant represent River Royal Science Sharpe Society sources South Wales southern speakers spelling spoken Standard stops Studies Subgroup suggests Sydney Tindale tribes University Victoria vocabulary Voegelin volumes vowel Western Wiradjuri word-list
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Handbook of Aboriginal Languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory |
| Authors | James William Wafer, Amanda Lissarrague |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative, 2008 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 24, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0977535185, 9780977535187 |
| Length | 844 pages |
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