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BARNGARLA LANGUAGE RESEARCH TRIP TO CANBERRA, FEBRUARY 2013

February 20, 2013

The first Barngarla language research delegation to AIATSIS, Canberra, took place from 11-15 February 2013. The delegation was organized by Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann, Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages, University of Adelaide, with the support of AIATSIS.  The Barngarla people were able to discover more about their language heritage and to meet Dr Luise Hercus, […]

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WIRANGU PEOPLE HONOUR DR LUISE HERCUS IN CANBERRA

May 18, 2012

Two Wirangu people travelled to Canberra in May 2012 to undertake archival research training at AIATSIS, provided by Dr Paul Monaghan (MLT), and to meet Luise Hercus. This trip was sponsored by the Mobile Langauge Team and the Far West Languages Centre. Luise began salvage linguistic research in South Australia in the mid-1960s and in […]

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BARNGARLA LANGUAGE WORKSHOP AT PORT LINCOLN MAY 2012

May 15, 2012

Professor Ghil’ad Zuckermann (University of Adelaide), Dr Paul Monaghan (MLT) and 20+ Barngarla people of Port Lincoln participated in a 2-day Language Reclamation Workhop in Port Lincoln. Highlights included: • motivational session on the success of the Hebrew language revival in Israel• discussion of Barngarla spelling system• group singing a newly composed Barngarla song• group […]

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