9781925302707: Mawng Dictionary
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1925302709 ISBN 13: 9781925302707
Verlag: Aboriginal Studies Press, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Mawng is a language of western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the main language of Warruwi community and is spoken by about 400 people of all generations. Mawng is associated with the islands of Warruwi and Weyirra (North and South Goulburn Islands) and an area of the mainland near the islands. The Mawng Dictionary is the most comprehensive ever published. It contains information about plants and animals, cultural practices, place names and kinship terms, including tri-relational kunteypi terms. There is an introduction to Mawng with explanations of the spelling system and kinship. It includes many illustrations, an English word finder, and lists of kinship terms, verb roots and scientific names for plants and animals.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ruth Singer has worked as a linguist with Warruwi community since 2002. She worked closely with Nita Garidjalalug and Rosemary Ura Badi on the dictionary. She manages the Mawng Ngaralk website, produces films in Mawng and other local languages and supports Warruwi school's Mawng classes. She is based at the University of Melbourne.

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Verlag
Aboriginal Studies Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1925302709
ISBN 13 
9781925302707
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
338
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