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link | State Library of Queensland “Word of the Week” Week Fifty-One.

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ilq/2019/12/17/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages-word-of-the-week-week-fifty-one/

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  • As part of State Library’s commitment to the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, we will be promoting a ‘word of the week’ from one of the 125+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and dialects from across Queensland.
    This week's word is puuya [pronounced boo-yah] from the Umpila language of Cape York. It means 'the soul' or 'the heart' which is a reminder that language is an important part of identity that shapes who we are as people in a changing world.

  • Category: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
  • Thematic area: Promotion
  • Call topics: Intergenerational transmission
  • Major objective: Thematic areas: Promotion
  • Area of intervention: Growth and development through elaboration of new knowledge
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