The Nyoongar Legacy : the naming of the land and the language of its people / Bernard Rooney.

By: Rooney, Bernard [author.]Contributor(s): Dandjoo Moordiyap Dabakarn. Noongar Language Project | Benedictine Abbey of New Norcia, Western AustraliaMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: aW41 Language: W41 Language: English, Australian languages Publisher: [Batchelor, N.T.] : Batchelor Press, 2011Description: 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: still image | cartographic image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781741312324 (pbk.)Subject(s): Noongar (Australian people) | Nyungar languages -- Western Australia -- South-West | Nyungar languages -- Dictionaries -- English | Names, Geographical -- Western Australia, Southwestern | Sprache | Nyoongar | Noongar / Nyungar language W41 | Noongar / Nyoongar language W41 | Language - Vocabulary - Word lists | Nyunga dialects -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.) | Noongar languages -- Western Australia -- South-West | Noongar languages -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Noongar | Nyunga dialects | Noongar language -- Dictionaries -- English | Noongar (Australian people) | Noongar languages -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc | Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia, Southwestern -- Languages | Noongar language -- Western Australia, Southwestern | Names, Geographical -- Western Australia -- South-West | Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- South-West -- Languages | Nyungar language -- Dictionaries -- English | English language -- Dictionaries -- Nyungar | Nyunga dialects -- Western Australia -- South-West | Nyunga dialects -- Dictionaries -- English | Nyoongar | Sprache | Dictionary | Aboriginal Australians -- Languages | Names, Geographical | Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah languages (W41) (WA SI50) | Nyungar languages -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.) | Nyungar languages | Names, Geographical -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.) | Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.) -- Languages | Language - Vocabulary - Place names | Nyunga (Australian people) | AustralianDDC classification: 305.8991509412 LOC classification: DU125.N97 | .R66 2011Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Part one -- The naming of the land -- Interpreting the variant readings -- Endnotes -- Place names of Western Australia -- Part two -- The dictionary -- How to spell and pronounce Nyoongar -- Nyoongar-English -- English--Nyoongar.
Summary: "The Nyoongar Legacy is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia. It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region. Each entry offers an interpretation of the source for a particular place and the possible or probable meanings. The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect. Divided into two sections, NyoongarEnglish and EnglishNyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author’s own grassroots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources. These sources include published dictionaries as well as unpublished wordlists dating back to the foundation of the colony of Western Australia. "--Publisher.
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Contains: Nyoongar - English dictionary.

First published in 2011 by Batchelor Press for the Benedictine Community of New Norcia Inc. and the Noongar Language Project.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part one -- The naming of the land -- Interpreting the variant readings -- Endnotes -- Place names of Western Australia -- Part two -- The dictionary -- How to spell and pronounce Nyoongar -- Nyoongar-English -- English--Nyoongar.

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"The Nyoongar Legacy is the result of decades of research into Nyoongar language by the Rt. Rev. Bernard Rooney OSB, Emeritus Abbot of New Norcia. It is a study of the Indigenous place-names of the south-west of Western Australia, including over 300 Indigenous place names from the region. Each entry offers an interpretation of the source for a particular place and the possible or probable meanings. The book includes a comprehensive dictionary of the Nyoongar language focusing on what is now known as the northern dialect. Divided into two sections, NyoongarEnglish and EnglishNyoongar, the dictionary is the result of the author’s own grassroots experience of Nyoongar as a spoken language and offers the fruits of his extensive research into the available written sources. These sources include published dictionaries as well as unpublished wordlists dating back to the foundation of the colony of Western Australia. "--Publisher.

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