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The word "koala" is derived from gula in the Dharuk and Gundungurra languages A Yuin man, c.1904The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language (Sydney city area), is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin–Kuric group that was traditionally spoken in the region of Sydney, New South Wales, until it became ...
The Dharug language, has two dialects; one inland and one coastal. [2] [3] The word myall, now a pejorative word in Australian English denoting any Aboriginal person who keeps a traditional way of life, originated in the Dharug language. In Dharug, the word mayal means anyone from another clan or country. [4] [5]
There are numerous Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects, ... Dhargari language: 1 Nearly extinct Dharug language [1] Daruk, Dharruk, Dharuk, Dharug, Darug
The labels of all three subgroups reflect the word for 'man' or 'Aboriginal person' in their respective included languages. The koala is named from the word gula for the animal in the Dharug language, [4] a Yuin–Kuri language within the Yora group, and the same word occurs in other Yuin–Kuri languages, such as Gundungurra, [5] within the ...
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]
They are part of the Dharug language group. The Bidjigal clan were the first Indigenous Australians to encounter the First Fleet . [ 5 ] Led by Pemulwuy , the Bidjigal people resisted European colonisation from the First Fleet's arrival in 1788.
The decline in Dharug population had opened up parts of their territory to use by neighbouring tribal groups, which also fought among themselves. Aside from considerations of defending their territories against the European colonial expansion, a period of severe drought may have influenced this turn in strategy.
Patyegarang (c 1780s) was an Australian Aboriginal woman, thought to be from the Cammeraygal clan [1] of the Dharug nation. Patyegarang (pronounced Pa-te-ga-rang) taught William Dawes the language of her people and is thought to be one of the first people to have taught an Aboriginal language to the early colonists in New South Wales.