Words of Our Country : Yidiny - The Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region.

This book explores an Aboriginal lifestyle through its words. For many thousands of years the Yidiny language was spoken by the Aborigines of the Cairns-Atherton Tablelands region. Today the people and the words are all but extinct. Here, in tracking this sophisticated language, linguist R.M.W. (Bob...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dixon, Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Queensland Press, 2014.
Temas:
Yidiny language.
Yidiny language > Texts.
Aboriginal Australians > History.
Yidin (Langue)
Yidin (Langue) > Textes.
Australiens (Aborigènes) > Histoire.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Aboriginal Australians
Yidiny language
History
Texts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book explores an Aboriginal lifestyle through its words. For many thousands of years the Yidiny language was spoken by the Aborigines of the Cairns-Atherton Tablelands region. Today the people and the words are all but extinct. Here, in tracking this sophisticated language, linguist R.M.W. (Bob) Dixon records its last speakers. The language and way of life are illustrated by twenty-four stories in both Yidiny and English translation. Aboriginal place names are listed along with their origins, and the book includes a clearly organised vocabulary of words, and Yidiny and English index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages)
ISBN:9780702248214
0702248215

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