Gavan Breen

Innamincka Talk: a grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects is one of a pair of companion volumes on Yandruwandha, a dialect of the language formerly spoken on the Cooper and Strzelecki Creeks and the country to the north of the Cooper, in the northeast corner of South Australia and a neighbouring strip of Queensland. The other volume is entitled Innamincka Words. Innamincka Talk is a more technical work and is intended for specialists and for interested readers who are willing to put some time and effort into studying the language. Innamincka Words is for readers, especially descendants of the original people of the area, who are interested but not ready to undertake serious study of the language. It is also a necessary resource for users of Innamincka Talk. These volumes document all that could be learnt from the last speakers of the language in the last years of their lives by a linguist who was involved with other languages at the same time. These were people who did not have a full knowledge of the culture of their forebears, but were highly competent, indeed brilliant, in the way they could teach what they knew to the linguist student. Although the volumes document only a small part of a rich culture, they are a tribute to the ability and diligence of the teachers.

A Grammar of the Innamincka Dialect of Yandruwandha with Notes on Other Dialects

Innamincka Talk

Gregory Armstrong

Eli Rubuntja

John Clement Pfitzner

The Western Arrernte is the language of the native people of the area by that name in Central Australia. This dictionary provides English equivalents, as well as occasional short definitions, drawings, and colloquial usage and an English- Western Arrernte word- finder. Breen compiled the dictionary by gathering vocabulary of native speakers. He has also incorporated the wordlists of earlier scholars of the language, including students of the School of Australian Linguistics. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.

Gavan Breen

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