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The Aboriginal Language and Culture Nest project in NSW draws together communities with a common language to create opportunities to "revitalise, reclaim and maintain traditional languages". [14] There are Aboriginal Language and Culture Nests that focus on the Bundjalung, Gamilaraay, Gumbaynggirr, Wiradjuri and Paakantji/Baarkintji languages. [14]
Māori writer Hare Hongi (Henry Stowell) used macrons in his Maori-English Tutor and Vade Mecum of 1911, [98] as does Sir Āpirana Ngata (albeit inconsistently) in his Maori Grammar and Conversation (7th printing 1953). Once the Māori language was taught in universities in the 1960s, vowel-length marking was made systematic.
Ngunnawal and Gundungurra are Australian Aboriginal languages from the Pama-Nyungan family, the traditional languages of the Ngunnawal and Gandangara peoples respectively. The two varieties are very closely related, being considered dialects of the one (unnamed) language, in the technical, linguistic sense of those terms.
At present, Māori language classes exist in Australia in an attempt to preserve Te Reo there, and there is a Māori-language radio station in Sydney. [42] In 2011, 6.3% of Māori living in Australia spoke Te Reo at home; a slight increase from the 5.7% recorded in 2006. [ 43 ]
The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation, some observers say. To address this, over the last 50 years, lawmakers ...
As part of the efforts to raise awareness of Wiradjuri language a Grammar of Wiradjuri language [36] was published in 2014 and A new Wiradjuri dictionary [37] in 2010. [38] The New South Wales Aboriginal Languages Act 2017 became law on 24 October 2017. [39] It was the first legislation in Australia to acknowledge the significance of first ...
The Central New South Wales languages (Central NSW) are a largely geographic grouping of Australian Aboriginal languages within the traditional Pama–Nyungan family, partially overlapping the Kuri subgroup of the Yuin–Kuric languages. The languages most often included are: Wiradhuric (Wiradhuri, Ngiyambaa, Gamilaraay) Dyangadi (Dyangadi ...
Pages in category "Māori language" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Maori Language Act 1987; Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori;