Something About Emus

April 13, 2017 By Filed Under: cultural text, publication Tagged With:

The Bininj Kunwok Language Project is very excited to announce the appearance of our new book Something About Emus: Bininj Stories From Western Arnhem Land. It's a bilingual Kunwok and Kunbalanda (English) edited volume with lots of stories from dabborrabbolk— the old people, and lots of full colour photos and illustrations. We will be having several launches of the book in the coming weeks: Melbourne (3 May 2017 at Uni. Melbourne) & Jabiru (date TBA). Great curriculum materials for schools, useful for land management programs, tourists, National Park mob etc. Published by Aboriginal Studies Press (AIATSIS).

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Kurdukadji, Alwanjdjuk, Ngurrurdu

May 1, 2015 By Filed Under: cultural text, environment, language Tagged With:

Kurdukadji, Alwanjdjuk, Ngurrurdu

Kurdukadji, ngal-ngeywern. Kunwinjku ngarri-ngeybun kurdukadji. Kundjeyhmi kabirri-ngeybun Alwanjdjuk dja Kuninjku Kundedjnjenghmi kabirri-ngeybun ngurrurdu.

Emu, she has many names. In Kunwinjku we call her kurdukadji. In Gundjeihmi they call her alwanjdjuk and in Kuninjku and Kundedjnjenghmi they call her ngurrurdu.

ngurrurdu Injalak

Mahni bim nga-nang kore Injalak. Kareh na-ngale bimbom? Kareh ngudda ngurri-bengkan. Kandi-bengdayhke ba ka-mak nga-ngeykurrme.

Manekke kun-dulk, man-kulurrudj, man-me ngalengarre ka-ngun mimno. Yi-nan bimbom man-kulurrudj. Kanjdji yi-bimnan man-kulurrudj dja mimno manbu ngale kurdukadji ka-djare ka-ngun.

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Mahni djurra Wamud Namok bimbom. Ngurrurdu kun-burrk ngalengarre.