Word Up

For Word Up this month, language worker Daisy Allen from lutruwita/Tasmania shares a little bit of her language, palawa kani.

This week, Daisy shares the name for a river reed used in weaving.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College.

Heather explains how the idea of yothu meaning ‘child’ and yindi meaning ‘mother’ are intertwined.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College.

This week she shares how to ask a person's name in Yolngu Matha.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College.

This week she shares how to introduce yourself in Yolgnu Matha. 

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College.

For Word Up, she shares the Yolgnu word for 'butterfly'.

Kankawa Nagarra discusses the important connection between First Nations peoples and our lands.

Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra shares the words for grandchild.

Gospel singer and language legend Kankawa Nagarra shares the Gooniyandi word for 'river'.

Gospel and blues singer-songwriter Kankawa Nagarra pays tribute to her daughters on Word Up this week.

Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra shares the traditional name for an important place on Gooniyandi Country in the central Kimberley region in Western Australia