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Title A Nyoongar wordlist : from the south-west of Western Australia / compiled and edited by Peter Bindon and Ross Chadwick
Edition 2nd ed
Published Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2011
Welshpool, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2011

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Description x, 476 p. ; 21 cm
Summary A Nyoongar Wordlist brings together in a single volume several separately published word lists for South-West Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects. Commonly these are now known collectively as Nyoongar, which, except for some individual words and short phrases still used in daily conversation, is largely unused. However true this may be for the whole language, there remain several hundred Nyoongar words which are preserved as place names throughout the South-West. As development advances and map revision and editing proceed, it is likely that more Nyoongar words will be used as place names and will be added to various maps of the region. Readers will also find clues to the meaning of geographical and place names throughout WAs South-West
Analysis Australian
Notes Previous ed.: 1992
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-476)
Subject South-West languages (Australia) -- Dictionaries -- English
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- South-West -- Languages
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Australia -- Western Australia
Nyungar language -- Dictionaries -- English
English language -- Dictionaries -- Nyungar
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Languages
English language -- Dictionaries -- Nyunga
Nyunga language -- Dictionaries -- English
Noongar languages -- Dictionaries
Noongar languages -- Dictionaries -- English
English language -- Dictionaries -- Noongar
Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Languages
Nyunga dialects -- Dictionaries -- English
English language -- Dictionaries -- Nyunga dialects
Nyunga dialects -- Dictionaries
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Western Australia
Language - Vocabulary - Dictionaries and glossaries.
Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah languages (W41) (WA SI50)
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
English language.
Nyunga dialects.
Noongar / Nyungar language W41.
Western Australia.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Author Bindon, Peter.
Chadwick, Ross.
Western Australian Museum
ISBN 9781920843595 (pbk.)