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 Innamincka
Words: Yandruwandha dictionary and stories
Compiled by Gavan Breen
PL 559
Innamincka Words is one of a pair of companion
volumes on Yandruwandha, a dialect of the language formerly
spoken on the Cooper and Strzelecki Creeks and the country
to the north of the Cooper, in the northeast corner of South
Australia and a neighbouring strip of Queensland. The other
volume is entitled Innamincka Talk: a grammar of the Innamincka
dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects. Innamincka
Words is for readers, especially descendants of the original
people of the area, who are interested but not ready to undertake
serious study of the language. It is also a necessary resource
for users of Innamincka Talk. These volumes document all that
could be learnt from the last speakers of the language in
the last years of their lives by a linguist who was involved
with other languages at the same time. These were people who
did not have a full knowledge of the culture of their forebears,
but were highly competent, indeed brilliant, in the way they
could teach what they knew to the linguist student. Although
the volumes document only a small part of a rich culture,
they are a tribute to the ability and diligence of the teachers.
2004 ISBN 0 85883 548 7
x + 218 pp
Prices: Australia AUD$59.40 (incl. GST) Overseas
AUD$54.00
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