A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory
By: Jim Wafer and Amanda Lissarrague ; with a chapter on contact languages by Jean Harkins.
Contributors: Lissarrague, Amanda, 1958-
Publisher: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nambucca Heads, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 844
ISBN-13: 9780977535187
Subjects: Australian languages -- Australia -- New South Wales; Australian languages -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Languages; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- Languages; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc; Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Australian Capital Territory -- Languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Genres: Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Description: "This book provides a guide to the Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, and to the current state of information about them. Part A has two main aims: to show (a) which dialects belong together as variant forms of the same language, and (b) which languages belong together as related members of a group; and to provide information about the current state of these languages, and a guide to the resources available for language revitalisation, including a bibliography. It covers 14 language groups, with additional chapters on contact languages, sign languages and terms used in kin classification, as well as two bibliographic appendices: one on placenames, the other based on the work of N. B. Tindale. Part B presents a word-list for each language, with an account of the sources used in compiling it, and an overview of the languages phonology"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.