#noongarlanguage

[abrighterspark]

when the koolbardi swoop from the trees in spring

they inspire a kind of terror in the people

who attempt to walk below

while the djidi djidi play at tormenting the tyrants

as delightful irritations

[aozhouhuaren]

Kaya "Hello", Wanjoo "Welcome" wer Boorda "Goodbye/See you later" Wonderful new additions of Noongar language to this space! 😊❤️ #noongarboodja #noongarwaangkiny #noongarlanguage #Noongar #language #IndigenousLanguages #perth #westernaustralia #原住民 #原住民語言 #珀斯 #西澳 (at Perth Cultural Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV2CcCnPM7d/?utm_medium=tumblr

[aozhouhuaren]

四腳蛇 sì kha zuâ, literally "four legged snake" (潮州話/Diôziu'uē/Teochew language) Djidong (Noongar language) I just had a big feed and now I feel like this little guy that I spotted earlier today in the front yard. 😂 #lizard #skink #tired #foodcoma #noongarlanguage #teochewlanguage #四腳蛇 #蜥蜴 #累 #吃飽 #潮州話 https://www.instagram.com/p/CQLqWH3jT5p/?utm_medium=tumblr

[aozhouhuaren]

100 Day Challenge to myself Days 23, 24 & 25 (I'm really bad at this but I am trying!) Teochew word of the day 本書 bung2 ze1: book 書格 ze1 gêh4: bookshelf 語言 ghu2 ngang5: Language. I had particular trouble pronouncing this one in the standard way, made it sound like a bad opera recording. 😂 In my family, for some reason, it was taught to me as nge2 ngam5, perhaps a Viet influence, I'm not sure. I love books. I love collecting them. Especially anything to do language and language learning. I'm particularly proud of my small but growing collection on Noongar culture and language. I hope to double it at some point this year. I'm also desperate to expand my Teochew language book collection. But I have no idea where to start. People, Teochew nang themselves, keep telling me the old line that Teochew is an oral language not a written one. But if Nyoongar, which was an oral language for thousands of years and has a few thousand users at best, has a body of literature; then I can't see Teochew which has millions of people not having one too. @jadearoma Any suggestions on Teochew books to start out with. I'll read kids books, I don't care! 😂 #books #bookshelf #noongarlanguage #noongar #teochew #mothertongue #motherlanguage #language #wordoftheday #100daychallenge #handwriting #calligraphy #潮州話 #母語 #語言 #今天的詞 #一百天挑戰 #書道 #書法 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBQJmYjKJs/?igshid=4ccvcc499eob

[aozhouhuaren]

You call that a...You call that a... You call that a Kitj?! Noongar word Kitj, also gidj, gidji, gidgee = a spear In some place names like Gidgeegannup "The place of making spears" #kitj #spear #aliens #scifi #noongarlanguage #bodybuilding #drawing #art #quarantineart # #天空人 #科幻 #畫畫 #藝術 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_6urWZjefS/?igshid=hz933nnbn73v