Research Unit for Indigenous Language in Parkville, Victoria, Australia | School

Research Unit for Indigenous Language

Locality: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 8344 3311

Address: School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne 3010 Parkville, VIC, Australia

Website: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/indiglang

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25.01.2022 We have 70 languages represented in the 50 words project! Thanks to Catherine Trindall, Dheran Knox, and Julie Fuller for their Gomeroi contribution. https://50words.online/

24.01.2022 Here's a series of videos introducing aspects of Australian Indigenous languages from WA.

21.01.2022 Here are four words for screw-palm pandanus in Indigenous languages.

20.01.2022 Want to learn 50 words in Wiradjuri (central NSW)? Stop by the 50 Words map (https://50words.online/) and have a listen to our newest addition! Big thanks to Geoff Anderson and the Parkes Wiradjuri Language Group #50Words #IndigenousLanguages

18.01.2022 A Belgian professor has completed the first dictionary of the Indigenous Australian language of Umpithamu after 17 years of research.

17.01.2022 There are over 3,000 species of snakes in the world! Here are four words for snake in Indigenous languages. #IndigenousLanguages

17.01.2022 Today's NAIDOC wordpost is three words Indigenous Languages relating to this years theme 'Always Was, Always Will be'. Let us know which word is your favourite below #NAIDOC2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #IndigenousLanguage

15.01.2022 How cute is this little guy! Today's wordpost is four words for the common brustailed possum in Indigenous languages. #cute #IndigenousLanguages

15.01.2022 New language on the 50 Words map! Stop by to learn 50 words in Kariyarra, the language of the Port Hedland region. Thanks to speaker Raylene Button and to the fantastic team at Wangka Maya Language Centre! http://50words.online/ #50Words #IndigenousLanguages

12.01.2022 Today's wordpost is four words for sand in Indigenous languages. #IndigenousLanguages

11.01.2022 Here are four words for coral in Indigenous languages #IndigenousLanguages

10.01.2022 Jirrayan-ma-ngoo! 50 words in Gija, a language of the east Kimberley region, have just been added to our online map! Thank you to speakers Eileen Bray and Sophia Mung. Stop by and have a listen! http://50words.online/ #50Words #IndigenousLanguages

10.01.2022 Our final wordpost for #NAIDOC2020 - here are 3 words in Indigenous Languages relating to this years theme 'Always Was, Always Will Be'. We hope you enjoyed learning these words & celebrating NAIDOC week! #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

09.01.2022 Looking forward to the weekend? Here are four new words for rock to learn in Indigenous languages. #IndigenousLanguages

08.01.2022 Puppets, animation, and song breathe new life into the Guugu Yimithirr language, in an innovative series created by the Pama Language Centre https://youtu.be/r4FonQq_AVA

08.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC week everyone! We'll be posting a handful of wordposts of words in Indigenous languages that relate to this years theme 'Always Was, Always Will Be'. #NAIDOC2020 #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

08.01.2022 VOLUNTEERS WANTED: We all know that Australian languages are the most unique in the world. Here at SLNSW we are piloting an ongoing crowdsourced transcription p...roject to make our distinctive language lists discoverable to researchers and linguists alike. Take this rare opportunity to transcribe a short handwritten Arrerente language and grammar list that created in the years around 1900. You can check out this important collection online now or email Melissa Jackson on [email protected] if you’re interested to know more. EDIT: Here are the links to the Project https://www.zooniverse.org//arunta-wordlist-compiled-by-wb and the language list http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delive/DeliveryManagerServlet! See more

07.01.2022 Today's NAIDOC themed wordposts is three words for always in Indigenous Languages #NAIDOC2020 #IndigenousLanguage

06.01.2022 While we only see the arch shape, rainbows actually form a circle. Here are four words for rainbow in Indigenous languages. #IndigenousLanguages

05.01.2022 Tui Raven, What Is It Like To Be Aboriginal? And sorting out your ngurra from your nyurra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1T3JfzRGE

05.01.2022 The Research Unit for Indigenous Language is excited to congratulate Dharug woman Tula Wynyard as the inaugural winner of the Leary Trust for Australian Indigenous Languages Award. This award was established in 2020 to support and encourage the study of Australian Indigenous languages by Australian Indigenous honours students at the University of Melbourne. The award will support Tula as she undertakes her honours year in Linguistics in 2021. http://go.unimelb.edu.au/3nhi Congratulations Tula!

05.01.2022 Save the date: We're excited to announce our next public lecture 'Always was, always will be Aboriginal Language Ma!' will be presented by Linda Payi Ford and Emily Tyaemaen Ford on December 1. For more info & to registrer visit http://go.unimelb.edu.au/2dni @ArtsUnimelb @cdu_ni

04.01.2022 New wordpost here are four words for feather in Australian Indigenous languages

03.01.2022 Four words for eye in four different Australian Indigenous languages. Use the audio function on the 50 words website to listen and practise saying each word #50words https://50words.online/

03.01.2022 Ready for a word search ? Can you find these words from the Ngaanyatjarra language (Western Desert)? Once you’ve found them all, you can head to the 50 Words map (50words.online) and have a listen to how they sound! Find this and lots more fun in our Learning Activities pack, available to download from our website: https://arts.unimelb.edu.au//current-rese/50-words-project... #50Words #IndigenousLanguages #homeschool #teacherresources #learnfromhome

03.01.2022 Congratulations to The Conversation for publishing an article in te reo Maori

02.01.2022 These little birds are always trying to steal the chips! Here are three words for seagull in Indigenous languages. @ParrotOfTheDay #IndigenousLanguages