Word Up

Yawuru country takes in the land and waters around Broome and Roebuck in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Gamilaraay singer Mitch Tambo shares some of his language, including a few words you might hear in his songs.

We head to Papua New Guinea with Bangarra's Baden Hitchcock for a special international episode of Word Up.

Isaiah shares three words from his grandmother’s language — Butchella.

Shari Sebbens shares some Bardi language — her grandmother's language — including a word that means "your heart, your intuition, your spirit."

Actress Sandy Greenwood shares three Dunghutti words — and their Gumbayngirr and Bundjulung counterparts.

Just two years ago there were only around 200 words in Ngunnawal language but now there’s ten times that.

Wamba Wamba country straddles both sides of the Murray River and takes in towns like Deniliquin in New South Wales and Swan Hill in Victoria.

Since 2017 Rudi Bremer has been speaking to people across the country about their languages for Word Up and it's kid sister program Little Yarns on ABC kids Listen.

From an early age Tilly began learning her Nukunu from her parents through games and walking on country.