[RNLD] Learning an Australian language

[David Nash]

See the listing 'Language learning resources' (30 items) compiled by 
David Nathan at http://www.dnathan.com/VL/index.php?category=33

Another one (not listed in the above), which doesn't fit the usual 
learner's guide mould, and is definitely worth a look, is Joe Blythe's 
"phrasebook of the Kija 
language"http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/41251638 
<http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/41251638>

David


On 8/08/2016 6:36 PM, John Mansfield wrote:
> Pitjantjatjara is about the largest learner's guide I've seen. (They 
> also have a summer course taught in Adelaide, though I see you're 
> thinking more of autodidacts.)
>
> I haven't seen materials for any language that I would call really 
> "substantial". The norm is for there to be learner's guide (printed 
> book), if anything. These are quite good, and would help give you a 
> leg-up if you had speakers to practice with - but of course you 
> couldn't really learn the language just from one of the guides.
>
> As for access to speakers - basically just depends where you are. 
> Kriol of course has the most speakers, spread over the widest area, 
> but I'm not sure what the attitudes are about non-Ab people learning 
> Kriol.
>
> To Nick's online Bininj Gunwok link I can add this one for Murrinhpatha:
> http://langwidj.org/Murrinhpatha-phrasebook/html/
>
> I wish I could practice Murrinhpatha via Facebook, but unfortunately 
> the language has not made the transition to this medium. Murrinhpatha 
> speakers write almost exclusively in English/Kriol when they're online.
>
> j
>
> On 8 August 2016 at 18:21, Nicholas Evans <nicholas.evans at anu.edu.au 
> <mailto:nicholas.evans at anu.edu.au>> wrote:
>
>     Here's one good one:
>
>     http://bininjgunwok.org.au
>
>
>     Bininj Gunwok - kunwok dja mankarre kadberre—our ...
>     <http://bininjgunwok.org.au/>
>     bininjgunwok.org.au <http://bininjgunwok.org.au>
>     You are now at the Bininj Kunwok website. We Aboriginal people are
>     still speaking our own languages. We have many names for the
>     different varieties of our language ...
>
>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* Steven Bird <stevenbird1 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:stevenbird1 at gmail.com>>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, July 28, 2016 11:10:50 AM
>     *To:* r-n-l-d
>     *Subject:* [RNLD] Learning an Australian language
>     Suppose you're a non-linguist wanting to learn an Australian
>     language. You need substantial pedagogical materials, along with
>     access to speakers. You're game to try learning without the help
>     of a formal course or a language teacher. Roughly many languages
>     would you have to choose from?
>
>     -Steven Bird
>
>

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