Ngarinyman to English Dictionary

Name: Ngarinyman to English Dictionary
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SKU: 9781925302806
Price: 39.99 NZD
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By Jessica Denniss and Caroline Jones and Eva Schultze-Berndt and Felicity Meakins

Series: The Dictionaries Project

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Ngarinyman to English Dictionary is a comprehensive resource for the Ngarinyman language, an Aboriginal language from the northern Victoria River District in Australia's Northern Territory. It features Ngarinyman words, English translations, illustrations, and detailed encyclopaedic entries about local plants, animals, and cultural practices. This dictionary also includes a grammar guide and English index, making it ideal for beginners, advanced speakers, translators, interpreters, and those interested in Ngarinyman language and culture.
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Ngarinyman to English Dictionary

Ngarinyman is an Aboriginal language of the northern VictoriaRiver District in the Northern Territory (Australia). ManyNgarinyman people live in Yarralin, Bulla Camp, Amanbidji(Kildurk) and around Timber Creek. The Ngarinyman to EnglishDictionary

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Ngarinyman is an Aboriginal language of the northern Victoria River District in the Northern Territory (Australia). Many Ngarinyman people live in Yarralin, Bulla Camp, Amanbidji (Kildurk), and around Timber Creek.

The Ngarinyman to English Dictionary contains Ngarinyman words with English translations, illustrations, and detailed encyclopaedic information about plants, animals, and cultural practices. Also included is a guide to Ngarinyman grammar and an English index. This volume is ideal for both beginners and advanced speakers of Ngarinyman, for translators and interpreters, and for anyone interested in learning more about Ngarinyman language and culture.

The Ngarinyman to English Dictionary is a part of the AIATSIS Indigenous Language Preservation: Dictionaries Project. This project is a response to the alarming rates of language loss in Australia and aims to support the publication of Indigenous languages dictionaries. A dictionary contributes to language maintenance, supporting written texts of all genres, including important literacy development resources.

Dictionaries are a valuable addition to the toolkit of language learners, educators, interpreters, and translators. The Dictionaries Project will produce a number of much-needed, high-quality dictionaries of Indigenous languages, which will contribute to community efforts to revitalise and strengthen their languages. The Dictionaries Project is proudly funded by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.