Yaru! : Gudjal Learner's Guide and Dictionary / William Santo [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santo, William, author.

Language:

Australian languages

English

Subjects (All):

Australian languages.

Australian languages--Phonology.

Muralag / Prince of Wales Island (Qld TSI SC54-11).

Queensland.

Genre:

dictionaries.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In Gudjal language and English

Summary:

Gudjal is the language of the people of the Mural (Charters Towers) region, in western inland north Queensland. The beginnings of this dictionary and learner's guide were in the 1970s when Gudjal people began working with linguists to record their language. The first dictionary of Gudjal, by William Santo and Cassy Nancarrow, was published in 2006; and so, a language that had been sleeping started to awaken. In "Yaru!", the dictionary has been expanded and the first-ever Gudjal grammar is included, as well as four songs and a Welcome to Country. The book has been compiled by Gudjal elder William Santo and linguists Alex Anderson, Cassy Nancarrow and Myfany Turpin. It includes accompanying audio read by Keesha Gordon and Shakira Kelly. The audio is accessed through QR codes in the book and can be downloaded from the associated website. "Yaru!" will be essential to the Gudjal community and schools in the Charters Towers region to build a new generation of language speakers. It will also be of value to people interested in Australia's first peoples, their languages and language revival.

Contents:

Front cover

Inside front cover

Half-title page

Dedication

Title page

Imprint/copyright page

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Map of North Queensland

Learner's Guide

1 Learning Gudjal Language

1.1 Language learning tips

1.2 Gudjal example sentences

1.3 Some useful grammar terms

2 The sounds of Gudjal

2.1 Consonants

2.3 Stress

3 Greeting people in Gudjal

4 Nouns, pronouns, adjectives

4.1 'The' and 'a'

4.2 Using things: 'with a . . .'

4.3 'To' and 'for'

4.4 'From' somewhere

4.5 Where something happened: 'in', 'on' and 'at'

4.6 Possession: whose is it?

4.7 Who does what in a sentence?

4.9 'Here', 'there', 'this' and 'that'

5 Verbs

5.1 Intransitive and transitive verbs

5.2 How to say 'is'

5.3 Telling someone to do something

5.4 Talking about the past and the present

5.5 Continuous actions

5.6 Talking about the future

5.7 'So that . . . ', 'in order to'

5.8 Saying something didn't happen: 'not', 'don't'

5.9 How to say you don't know something

6 Other aspects of grammar

6.1 Questions

6.2 Saying 'and' or 'but'

6.3 Drawing attention to a word

6.4 Positions: 'up', 'down', 'behind'

6.5 Adverbs

7 Word endings and pronouns

7.1 Endings

7.2 Pronouns

8 Gudjal skin system

8.1 Skins

8.2 Totems

9 Songs and Welcome

9.1 Songs

9.2 Welcome to Country

Dictionary

10 Gudjal to English dictionary

11 English to Gudjalin categories

12 English to Gudjal finder list

Further reading and listening

About the authors

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781922102744

1922102741