Documents

Title Author Subject Published date Internal Link External link Additional notes
Welcome to Country Language Resource 2 pages Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Welcome to Country Language Suggestions 2016-12-19 View Doc An introductory resource sheet for a basic Welcome to Country sentence in language with notes about Welcomes To Country, their meaning and our normal cultural practice.
Song Notes - Murreng_Thather- pronunciation Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Body, Face, 2017-05-30 View Doc Words in Wamba/Wemba and English and pronunciation guide for Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes - Murreng, Thather, Pathing pa Tyina
Language Learning Resource 3 Quiz1 Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Counting, Family, Country, Animal 2017-01-10 View Doc Basic language quiz for lower primary students based around language posters at Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre. Students can also research answers in the Word Search section of this site at http://culture.yarkuwa.com.au/words/word_search
Sorry Day Ceremony Language Resource List 1 page Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Sorry Day 2017-05-23 View Doc One page list of Wamba/Wemba words, pronunciations and English equivalents that are related to Sorry Day ceremony subjects and awareness.
Song Lyrics - Murreng_Thather No Pronunciation Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Body, Face 2017-05-30 View Doc Murreng, Thather (Head Shoulders Knees and Toes) Song without pronunciation guide. Includes second verse Mirr, Wirimbula, Wurru pa Karr.
Language Learning Resource 1 Body Page 1 Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Body 2016-11-30 View Doc One page A4 poster with graphic by Brett Ross and language names of body. Can be printed on plastic paper AquaAce or standard paper.
Language Learning Resource 1 Body Page 2 Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Body 2016-11-30 View Doc One page A4 poster with learning exercises for names of the body and pronunciation guides. Can be printed on plastic paper AquaAce or standard paper. Accompanies page 1.
Language Learning Resource 1 Body combined p1 & 2 Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Body 2016-11-30 View Doc Two page A4 poster with traditional male body graphic by Brett Ross, language names of body, language learning exercises and pronunciation guide . Can be printed on plastic paper AquaAce or standard paper.
Wurrekangurrak Web Site Display Poster Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Wurrekangurrak, Language Web Site, Launch 2016-11-30 View Doc A3 size poster contains explanation of the language website development project including content, funding, steering committee and scope.
Wamba Wamba Bound Forms - Plain English - short without examples (pdf - 4 pages) Louise Hercus Language teaching and learning - content - Bound Forms 1992-01-01 View Doc An edited plain English version edited from the 'Wemba Wemba Dictionary' by Luise A. Hercus, p 72-75. 'A bound form ‎is a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own.' (Wiktionary). Bound forms are an important part of our language. They are added to the end of Wamba Wamba nouns, pronouns and verbs. For example, the possessive markers 'ek', 'in' and 'uk' are added to the end of nouns to indicate 'mine', 'yours' and 'his, hers, its' respectively.
Conversation Story2 Tulu Pirndety Teacher Resource (pdf - 5 pages) Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre - austories Wamba Wamba Language Learning 2022-03-18 View Doc Short story written in Wamba Wamba and English about two young children who explore the riverside. Also contains pronunciation guide page and a literal meaning meaning page with explanation of how word endings change the meaning of basic or stem words.
Conversation Story1 - Yukal-pula (two friends) Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre - austories Wamba Wamba language resource - conversation story 2020-12-17 View Doc Two young men meet at Werrpanakata and talk about family and fishing. Conversational phrases in English and Wamba Wamba plus a word bank showing how to create conversation in Wamba Wamba.
Wamba Wamba Bound Forms - Plain English - long with examples (pdf - 9 pages) Adopted Luise A. Hercus's 'WembaWemba Dictionary' pps 72-74 by the Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Language teaching and learning - content - Bound Forms 2022-04-28 View Doc Longer version for learners, teachers and community with plain English explanations and examples of useage set out to encourage learning of the essential use of bound forms in Wamba Wamba.
Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians in English and Wamba Wamba Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre - 2022 Letterhead Acknowledgement 2022-04-01 View Doc PDF document includes a short acknowledgement of the Wamba Wamba and Perrepa Perrepa traditional custodians and Elders, suitable for including on letterhead and documents. It also includes a pronunciation guide, links to the language database and explanation of how the sentence is constructed in Wamba Wamba.
National Anthem Wamba Wamba Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Anthem, in Wamba Wamba and English 2022-05-01 View Doc Working file may be added to.
Wamba Wamba Counting Song - Kurng Kurng Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre - 2022 Counting 2022-05-03 View Doc Wamba Wamba words for counting one to five in the form of an infants song.
Wamba Wamba verbs and sentences - understanding some beginning rules of Wamba Wamba language Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre How to create verbs and sentences 2020-03-23 View Doc This 14 page pdf document presents content from the 'Wemba Wemba Dictionary and other documents and notes of the late Dr. Luise Hercus written in plain English. It is suitable for teachers and adults and teenage learners or parents teaching children. It covers: - understanding the beginning rules of the Wamba Wamba language - time markers on action words and - person markers on action words - creating phrases and sentences - pronunciation guide It includes examples in Wamba Wamba and the English meanings and self learning suggestions.
Wulman Ngapa Murrendən Kurrəkal Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre - 2022 Wamba Wamba Language version of Old MacDonald Had a Farm 2022-06-06 View Doc 2 page Language Learning resource document. First verse of song with pronunciation guide and suggestions on using the resource.