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Ngardi to English Dictionary

by Tom Ennever , Marie Mudgedell , Tjama Napanangka
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781922102850
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Aboriginal Studies Press
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  • Pages: 722
  • Original Price: USD 59.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1316 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Multi-Language Dictionaries

Ngardi is the language of the western regions of the Tanami Desert and the north-central region of the Great Sandy Desert. Ngardi country is known locally as 'Ngururrpa' or 'central country' and is situated between Ngumpin languages to the north and west (languages like Jaru and Walmajarri) and Western Desert languages to the south (like Kukatja and Pintupi). Though Ngardi speakers are few, Ngardi language and culture remain core components of Ngardi identity. Numerous Ngardi words are still in use by people of all ages and there is a strong enthusiasm to see the language revitilised. Traditional Ngardi beliefs and cultural practices are maintained in many of the modern-day communities in which Ngardi people live: Balgo, Mulan, Billiluna (Kururrungku) and Ringer's Soak. Prospectors, linguists and anthropologists started making short Ngardi word lists in the 1920s, 1940s and 1950s. From 1990 onwards, poet and linguist Lee Cataldi began systematically documenting the language with Peggy Rockman, and then later intensively with Tjama Napanangka and other senior Ngardi women in Balgo. From their work, the first dictionary began to be compiled.

Ennever, Tom: - Tom Ennever is a linguist whose research at the University of Queensland focused on documenting and analysing endangered Australian languages. He is now at the University of Surrey. Tom has been working with a number of Ngardi speakers since 2015 in the development of this dictionary.

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