| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (22 min. 22 sec.) ; 135027161 bytes |
| Summary |
Talking Language with Ernie Dingo is a personal journey providing a unique understanding of how knowledge of Aboriginal languages is shaped by ancestral connections to the land, stars, water, sea and the air we breathe. Ernie visits six people from across Australia whose stories of a spiritual connection to country highlight some of the benefits and current challenges people face to maintain, revive and create languages within their communities.In this final episode, Ernie travels 200km west of Katherine in the Northern Territory to visit Wardaman Elder, Bill Harney. 80 to 100 people speak and understand the Wardaman language - Bill is the last fully initiated Lawman of his country and is one of only 8 speakers who know the old language.Ernie explores the country of Bill's birth and hears the stories of first contact, traditional language boundaries and the creation stories that connect the night sky with the law and language of the land. Bill reminds Ernie of a 'proper bush gentleman' and it is through his generosity and deep cultural awareness that Ernie finds a special place of understanding and knowledge.Follow the conversation on Twitter: #NITV |
| Event |
Broadcast 2014-11-09 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language maintenance.
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Wardaman language.
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Discovery and exploration, Australian.
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Northern Territory -- Katherine.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Allam, Ramahn, director
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Dingo, Ernie, host
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