link | State Library of Queensland “Word of the Week” Week Twelve.

http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ilq/2019/03/19/2019-international-year-of-indigenous-languages-word-of-the-week-week-twelve/

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  • As part of State Library of Queensland’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 balulbara [pronounced bal-ul-bah-rah], from the Gudjul language of the Charters Towers region – it is sourced from William Santo’s book My Country. The text explores the landscape of Gudjal country including this word meaning ‘moon’.

  • 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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