Wuka Nya-Nganunga Li-Yanyuwa Li-Anthawirriyarra. Language for Us, the Yanyuwa Saltwater People: A Yanyuwa Encyclopaedia: Volume 1 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781925003673)

This Encyclopaedia is a rich, authoritative repository of the cultural and linguistic knowledge of the Yanyuwa, the Saltwater people of the coastal and island country near Borroloola in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Volume 1 will interest linguists and ethnographic researchers. Its chapters cover the Yanyuwa and their country; historical and contemporary recorders and recordings of their language; examples of 35 texts recorded between 1959 and 2013, many extensive and all with word-by-word, polished English translations; over 100 song/poetry texts, many short, but others involving extended song cycles, with translations; 26 Ancestral Dreaming stories, with translations. Appendices cover word games, string games and sign language. This volume includes illustrations, a bibliography and an index.

Author: John Bradley
ISBN-10: 1925003671
ISBN-13: 9781925003673
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2024
Pages: 618
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.37d