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Author Aird, Michael, 1963- author

Title I know a few words : talking about Aboriginal languages / Michael Aird
Published Southport, Qld. : Keeaira Publications, 1996

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 W'PONDS  499.15 Air/Ika  AVAILABLE
Description 44 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
Summary Presents autobiographical accounts of speaking and learning Aboriginal languages by a group of Aboriginal people from South East Queensland who met together in October 1994; contributors discuss issues such as : being forbidden to speak their languages; being unable to learn their languages; the importance of passing on Aboriginal language and culture in schools; contributors also discuss their early lives in communities such as Cherbourg; Includes Aboriginal words and their meanings
Notes CIP confirmed
Subject Wakka Wakka people E28
Education - Language - Indigenous languages
Waka Waka / Wakka Wakka people (E28) (Qld SG56-10)
History - Biographies - Indigenous - Autobiographies
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Study and teaching.
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
Australian languages.
Language and culture -- Australia.
Language attrition -- Australia.
Language maintenance -- Australia.
ISBN 0646269194