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This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang , have become widely used in other varieties of English , and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.
Noongar words which have been adopted into Western Australian English, or more widely in English, include the given name Kylie, "boomerang", [63] gilgie or jilgie, the freshwater crayfish Cherax quinquecarinatus, and gidgie or gidgee, "spear". The word for smoke, karrik, was adopted for the family of compounds known as karrikins. [63]
Noongarpedia is a collaborative project to add Noongar language content to Wikimedia projects and to improve all languages' content relating to Noongar topics. It is being driven by an Australian Research Council project from the University of Western Australia and Curtin University, in collaboration with Wikimedia Australia.
A Noongar protest camp existed here for several years in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Noongar culture is particularly strong with the written word. The plays of Jack Davis are on the school syllabus in several Australian states. Davis' first full-length play Kullark, a documentary on the history of Aboriginals in WA, was first produced in 1979.
Alive/well-being/coming together [46] Nengi Bamir See far (view) [10] Ngadyung Water [39] Ngunna yerrabi yanggu You're welcome to leave your footprints on our land [47] Nguru Camp [39] Pajong Ngunnawal clan group [13] Tuggeranong Cold place [48] Umbagong Axe [49] [50] Walga Hawk [51] Wallabalooa Ngunnawal clan group [13] Warabin Curlew [52 ...
Leonard Michael Collard (born 24 December 1959 [3]) is a Noongar elder, professor and Australian Research Council chief investigator at the School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia. [4] Collard is a Whadjuk/Balardong Noongar, the traditional owners of the Perth region of Western Australia. He has a background in literature ...
Specific terms can be used to refer to local or regional varieties of AbE, for example Koori or Murri English, Broome lingo and Noongar English. [2] Nunga English is the southern South Australian dialect of Aboriginal English. It includes words from the Narungga, Ngarrindjeri, and West Coast languages
Other sources indicate that the word 'bindi' means little girl in an (unknown) Aboriginal dialect, whilst the more popular translation of the term in recent times indicates that 'bindi bindi' is the Noongar word for 'butterfly'. [3] [4] The main industry in town is wheat farming with the town being a Cooperative Bulk Handling receival site. [5]