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Word Up: Kirli Saunders
Poet Kirli Saunders shares three Gundungurra words taught to her by her great-aunt, Aunty Velma Mulcahy.
Word Up: Neil Morris
Neil Morris aka DRMNGNOW shares three Yort Yorta words — including one that demonstrates the connection Yorta Yorta mob have between goodness and beauty.
Duration: 8 minutes 37 seconds
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Word Up: Coreen Reading
Kayardild is the language from Bentinck Island in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria.
Duration: 10 minutes 42 seconds
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Word Up: Paul Ah Chee
Paul Ah Chee shares three words from his maternal grandmother's language — Yankuntjatjara.
Duration: 4 minutes 9 seconds
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Word Up: Kaelene McMillan
Kaelene McMillan shares three Adnyamathna words, including the word for 'rainbow'.
Duration: 5 minutes 36 seconds
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Remembering Windradyne's war
In 1824, the British waged war against the Wiradjuri people of western NSW, a battle that shook the new colony.But many Australians have never heard of this conflict and the heroic Wiradjuri warrior, Windradyne.
How languages reveal differences in the way we see the world
At a time when thousands of languages are vanishing linguistics professor Caleb Everett explores how language shapes the way we think and feel about the world, as well as our perceptions of fundamental life experiences — and what linguistic…
Duration: 40 minutes 19 seconds
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Word Up: Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs
Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs is an educator, a writer and an important voice for Yolngu in north-east Arnhem Land. She's sharing a word she likes to teach her students at Yirrkala School.
Duration: 4 minutes 8 seconds
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Word Up: Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs
Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs is an educator, a writer and an important voice for Yolngu in north-east Arnhem Land. Merrki has chosen a word that means 'two waters coming together'. For her, the word holds a deeper meaning.
Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds
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Why the opening of a new collecting institute in Alice Springs dedicated solely to Indigenous culture is so important
With access to precious cultural and linguistic knowledge on country for the first time, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies has expanded its reach outside Canberra.
Does the way you say 'France' rhyme with 'pants' or 'aunts'? How the Australian accent is changing
Australian voices really aren't what they used to be. Linguists and ABC presenters weigh in on the changes to Aussie voices and the death of the ABC accent.
How a high school classroom became a 'sacred space' for Indigenous students
A clue on the classroom wall helped one student find a long-lost relative, and the same room helped another trace her ancestry. The Cooinda room at Henry Kendall High School on the Central Coast of NSW isn't your average classroom.
Duration: 8 minutes
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Angel never thought she'd see her niece again, then she saw a handprint at her high school
The vibrant handprint display tells hundreds of unique stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture and unites some of the country's most respected Indigenous trailblazers.
A new way to fix the hot mess of housing in remote Aboriginal Australia?
Housing is a hot mess in many remote Aboriginal communities, including Tennant Creek, and the rollercoaster of government policies and interventions hasn't helped the situation.
Duration: 54 minutes 4 seconds
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A Littler Yarn with Troy Cassar-Daley
The sun's going down and the sky is getting dark... It's time for a lullaby to drift off to sleep. Let's head to Gumbaynggirr Country for a littler yarn with Troy Cassar-Daley about his new lullaby 'Ninganah'...
Duration: 7 minutes 49 seconds
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More Aboriginal Language Content
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Word Up shares the diverse languages of black Australia — one word at a time.
Speaking Out
Speaking Out is a regular feature on ABC Local Radio’s Sunday night line up; check your local guides for a fresh perspective on Indigenous affairs. Sunday, 9pm on Local Radio
AWAYE!
AWAYE! brings you diverse and vibrant Indigenous arts and culture from across Australia. Saturday, 6pm on Radio National
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