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Kimberley languages (W3)

• Handbook of Kimberley languages McGregor, William (Kimberley languages)
• HANDBOOK OF KIMBERLEY LANGUAGES (draft) McGregor, William (Kimberley languages)
• Handbook of WA Aboriginal languages south of the Kimberley Region Thieberger, Nicholas
• Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages south of the Kimberley region Thieberger, Nicholas
• Mammal names Burbidge, Andrew; Phillip Fuller (Western Desert, Kimberley, Pilbara)
• Sundry papers, Oral History Project Kimberley Languages Resource Centre
• Vocabularies of Nyul Nyul and other Kimberley languages, from Nekes and Worms, and J.Bischofs manuscripts. Nekes, Herman; E.A. Worms (Nyulnyul)
• Worms in the Archive Thieberger, Nicholas; Bill Mc Gregor (Kukatja, Kimberley languages)
• Yawuru language of West Kimberley: a meaning-based description Hosokawa, Komei (Yawuru)

• Aboriginal Community Representative Organisations: Intermediate Cultural Processes in the East Kimberley Region Sullivan, Patrick; Kathy Whimp: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody JCU MC Townsville West 4810
• Land-use project: Mt Pierre Station, West Kimberley, Report and Options Paper Arthur, W.S.
• Maps of the Kimberley McGregor, William

Digital data files available online

0625 Handbook of Western Australian Aboriginal languages south of the Kimberley region (supersedes 0176 and 0315)

An annotated bibliography and guide to the indigenous languages of part of Western Australia. Information on individual languages can be found via a geographic, alphabetic, or language family index.

The production and publication of the printed version of this data was supported by the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, under a grant from the Commonwealth Schools Commission, the WA Arts Board and the Western Australian Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority.

(c) Nicholas Thieberger 1996. All material in this set of HTML encoded documents is copyright to the author. You are encouraged to create links to this document.

The original work was produced in Nisus, then transferred to Microsoft Word for publication. These files were then read in Nisus and saved (using the Claris XTND system) as HTML documents. Subsequent addition of links from chapters to the annotated bibliography was done globally using Qued/M and Nisus' excellent regular expression facilities.

After the automatic processing, some editing was necessary. Not all links have been checked and some may not work. Apologies for this, but a difference of a space or full stop can prevent links from connecting and I figure the bulk of the links actually do work (thanks entirely to the editing skill of Joan Birney at Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University).

Originally published in 1993 by Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.

© Nicholas Thieberger 1996. All material in this set of HTML encoded documents is copyright to the author. You are encouraged to create links to this document.

Contents

1. Introduction

• . Information about this document
• . 1.1 Warning
• . 1.2 Acknowledgements
• . 1.3 Abbreviations
• . 1.4 Map of regions used in this handbook
• . 1.5 Spelling of the language names
• . 1.5.1 Pronunciation guide

2. Guide to the Handbook

• . 2.1 How to use the handbook
• . 2.2 How to get more information

3. General work on languages of Western Australia

• . 3.1 General references on Western Australian Aboriginal languages.
• . 3.2 General reading on Aboriginal languages.
• . 3.3 Organisations supporting Aboriginal languages.
• . 3.4 Relationship between Aboriginal languages of Western Australia.
• . 3.5 Family tree list of Southern Western Australian Languages

4. Listing of Aboriginal Languages of Western Australia south of the Kimberley Region
4.1 Languages of the South-East

• 4.1.1 Kalaku
• 4.1.2 Kalaamaya
• 4.1.3 Mirning
• 4.1.4 Ngatjumaya
• 4.1.5 Nyaki-Nyaki

4.2 The South-West

• 4.2.1 Balardung
• 4.2.2 Bibbulman
• 4.2.3 Binjarub
• 4.2.4 Goreng
• 4.2.5 Kaniyang
• 4.2.6 Minang
• 4.2.7 Wajuk
• 4.2.8 Wardandi
• 4.2.9 Wiilman
• 4.2.10 Wudjaari
• 4.2.11 Yuwat

4.3 Moora to the Gascoyne

• 4.3.1 Amangu
• 4.3.2 Badimaya
• 4.3.3 Bidungu
• 4.3.4 Buluguda
• 4.3.5 Daguda
• 4.3.6 Damala
• 4.3.7 Inggarda
• 4.3.8 Malkana
• 4.3.9 Mulyara
• 4.3.10 Nhanta
• 4.3.11 Wajarri
• 4.3.12 Watjanti
• 4.3.13 Widi

4.4 North of the Gascoyne River to Hedland

• 4.4.1 Banyjima
• 4.4.2 Jiwarli
• 4.4.3 Jurruru
• 4.4.4 Kariyarra
• 4.4.5 Kurrama
• 4.4.6 Martuthunira
• 4.4.7 Maya
• 4.4.8 Ngarluma
• 4.4.9 Nhuwala
• 4.4.10 Payungu
• 4.4.11 Pinikura
• 4.4.12 Purduna
• 4.4.13 Thalanji
• 4.4.14 Tharrkari
• 4.4.15 Thiin
• 4.4.16 Warriyangka
• 4.4.17 Yindjibarndi
• 4.4.18 Yinhawangka

4.5 Hedland to the Kimberley

• 4.5.1 Karajarri
• 4.5.2 Mangarla/ Mangala
• 4.5.3 Ngarla
• 4.5.4 Nyamal
• 4.5.5 Nyangumarta
• 4.5.6 Nyiyaparli
• 4.5.7 Palyku
• 4.5.8 Walmajarri

4.6 Languages of the Western Desert

• 4.6.1 Kartujarra
• 4.6.2 Kukatja
• 4.6.3 Manjiljarra
• 4.6.4 Ngaatjatjarra
• 4.6.5 Ngaanyatjarra
• 4.6.6 Ngala (-wangka)
• 4.6.7 Pintupi
• 4.6.8 Pitjantjatjara
• 4.6.9 Wanggatha/Wangkatja
• 4.6.10 Wangkajunga
• 4.6.11 Warnman
• 4.6.12 Yulparija

4.7 Post-contact languages of WA

• 4.7.1 Western Australian Aboriginal English
• 4.7.2 Kriol

5. Bibliography of work dealing with Aboriginal languages of Western Australia south of the Kimberley Region.

• Authors beginning with A
• Authors beginning with B
• Authors beginning with C
• Authors beginning with D
• Authors beginning with E
• Authors beginning with F
• Authors beginning with G
• Authors beginning with H
• Authors beginning with I
• Authors beginning with J
• Authors beginning with K
• Authors beginning with L
• Authors beginning with M
• Authors beginning with N
• Authors beginning with O
• Authors beginning with P
• Authors beginning with R
• Authors beginning with S
• Authors beginning with T
• Authors beginning with U
• Authors beginning with V
• Authors beginning with W
• Authors beginning with Y

6. Index of alternative language spellings and names

landgate - Dual Naming in WA (AU)

Proposed Guideline Amendments
The principles, guidelines and procedures for geographic names reflect the underlying philosophy used to standardise the approval process for new names. The Geographic Names Committee of Western Australia is guided by these principles when making decisions on names. Proposed changes to the principles, guidelines and procedures for geographic names will be advertised on this site to provide opportunities for comment and feedback.

PROPOSED DUAL NAMING GUIDELINES

1.Principles of Dual Naming

• 1.1 Dual naming is not considered preferable to one name, and in each case the proposal should be investigated to establish if the indigenous name would have enough community support to replace the European name.
• 1.2 Temporary dual naming is a useful process to assist in changing from a European name to an indigenous name.
• 1.3 Dual naming is not to be considered for addressable localities, road names or physical structures associated with roads, such as bridges.
• 1.4 Dual naming should apply to physical features, such as mountains, lakes, rivers etc.
• 1.5 Dual naming is to give recognition to existing traditional indigenous names, where evidence exists, preferably historic in written form or oral tradition, that a feature has two names.
• 1.6 Dual naming proposals should have the support of the local Aboriginal community and the local government.
• 1.7 Depiction of Dual Names
• 1. Both the Indigenous part and the introduced part of the dual names should be the same font size, font type and colour. If a visual separator is required, it should be a solidus "/".
• 2. Whichever of the two names is most likely to be used by the local community and acceptable to the broader community is to be used first in a sequence.
• 3. In each instance of dual naming the Committee shall identify the naming sequence most likely to reach the widest acceptance in the local community. This sequence can be reviewed every 5 years.
• 4. Both parts of the dual name should be shown on official maps such as topographical maps.
• 5. Signposting of dual names is to be applied as agreed or appropriate.

Mount Nameless, Jarndunmunha (W3)

Nameless named
by Jane Simpson
16 July, 2007A nice reversal: "Mount Nameless" has got its name back. The Western Australian Government has adopted dual naming guidelines. (The good people of the Geographic Names Boards. Hurrah hurrah!) The Shire of Ashburton agreed to the mountain being called both "Mount Nameless" (apparently this name was bestowed by a Hamersley Iron survey team in the early 1960s), and "Jarndunmunha", the name used by the Eastern Guruma people. (The people are also known as Kurrama*).
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Brooks, Maureen
Words from the West: A Glossary of Western Australian Terms

This book represents the first attempt to record the words used in, and perhaps peculiar to, a given Australian regional community. It contains some 750 dictionary entries of words found in Western Australian newspapers. The words are defined, and the definitions are supported by quotations from the newspapers.

In compiling this glossary, the editors examined a wide range of Western Australian newspapers covering the various regions within the state, including the North West, the Central Coast, the South West, the Wheatbelt and the Goldfields.

McGregor, William (Autor)
Languages of the Kimberley

Kurzbeschreibung
The Kimberley, the far north-west of Australia, is one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the continent. Some fifty-five Aboriginal languages belonging to five different families are spoken within its borders. Few of these languages are currently being passed on to children, most of whom speak Kriol (a new language that arose about half a century ago from an earlier Pidgin English) or Aboriginal English (a dialect of English) as their mother tongue and usual language of communication. This book describes the Aboriginal languages spoken today and in the recent past in this region. The main features are of their grammars are outlined, including their sounds and word and sentence structures. In addition, there is discussion of how they are related to one another, how they were and are used in conversational interactions, and their roles and uses in traditional and modern speech communities.