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Author Rooney, Bernard

Title The Nyoongar Legacy : the naming of the land and the language of its people / Bernard Rooney
Published [Batchelor, N.T.] : Batchelor Press, 2011
[Batchelor, N.T.] : Batchelor Press, 2011

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 W'PONDS  305.8991509412 Roo/Nlt  AVAILABLE
Description 144 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
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 A list of Nyoongar words of the South-West of Western Australia with special emphasis on the mode of language commonly used in the North-Western (Yued/Yuat) area
Analysis Australian
Notes Contains: Nyoongar - English dictionary
First published in 2011 by Batchelor Press for the Benedictine Community of New Norcia Inc. and the Noongar Language Project
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Nyungar language -- Dictionaries -- English
English language -- Dictionaries -- Nyungar
Names, Geographical -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.)
Nyunga dialects -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- South-West (W.A.) -- Languages
Noongar languages -- Western Australia -- South-West
Noongar languages -- Dictionaries -- English
Noongar (Australian people)
English language -- Dictionaries -- Noongar
Nyunga dialects -- Western Australia -- South-West
Nyunga dialects -- Dictionaries -- English
Names, Geographical -- Western Australia -- South-West
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- South-West -- Languages
Sprache.
Nyoongar.
Noongar / Nyungar language W41
Author Dandjoo Moordiyap Dabakarn. Noongar Language Project
Benedictine Community of New Norcia.
ISBN 9781741312324 (pbk.)