Warraparna Kaurna! Reclaiming an Australian language

Warraparna Kaurna! Reclaiming an Australian language

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This book tells the story of the renaissance of the Kaurna language, the language of Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains in South Australia, principally over the earliest period up until 2000, but with a summary and brief discussion of developments from 2000 until 2016. It chronicles and analyses the e...

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Main Author: Amery, Rob (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Adelaide Press 2016
Subjects:
Historical & comparative linguistics
indigenous languages
clamor schrurmann
kaurna teaching program
rob amery
kaurna identity
language revival
aboriginal languages
kaurna
australian languages
language reclamation
kaurna culture
extinct languages
christian teichelmann
language reconstruction
kaurna people
Ngarrindjeri
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Summary:This book tells the story of the renaissance of the Kaurna language, the language of Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains in South Australia, principally over the earliest period up until 2000, but with a summary and brief discussion of developments from 2000 until 2016. It chronicles and analyses the efforts of the Nunga community, and interested others, to reclaim and relearn a linguistic heritage on the basis of mid-nineteenth-century materials.
ISBN:kaurna
9781925261257
Access:Open Access

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