Word Up

Will Blackley is part of a team of people working to revitalise Kalkatungu language in north-west Queensland. He's also our language legend on Word Up this month.

Will shares the Kalkatungu name of a familiar constellation.

This month, Christine Anu has been sharing some of her maternal grandfather’s language – Kala Kawa Ya. 

For her final time on Word Up, Christine shares a word she learned recently after her Uncle Michael Jenson Warusam-Waigana heard her on the radio. 

Christine Anu has been sharing some of her maternal grandfather’s language, Kala Kawa Ya.

She's explained the significance of the 'waku' (a woven mat), and shared a word that means to roll out.

This week, Christine shares a word that means to fold or roll up.

Christine Anu shares a Kala Kawa Ya word that means to roll out a woven mat.

Singer-songwriter Christine Anu shares the Kala Kawa Ya name for a woven mat: waku.

Christine Anu is a prolific Australian music icon.

This month she's sharing some of her mother's language Kala Kawa Ya from the north-west region of the Torres Strait.

Her first word is a welcoming word: sew ngapa.

Henry is a community broadcaster who lives and works on Nyul Nyul Country, in the Dampier Peninsula near Beagle Bay.

Today, Henry is sharing a word in honour of his dad.

Henry Augustine is a community broadcaster from Nyul Nyul Country, located on the Dampier Peninsula at Beagle Bay. 

Today, he shares the Nyul Nyul word for Country.

Henry Augustine is a community broadcaster based in Beagle Bay. 

To kick off his stint on Word Up, Henry shares a Nyul Nyul word meaning 'I' or 'me', and explains how he came to learn Nyul Nyul. 

Join Carina Norman and Jasmine Seymour in the Sydney area where they're working to strengthen the Dharug language. 

For their final time on Word Up, they share some different ways to farewell someone Dharug Country.