The launch of a book in the Kune language (published by Batchelor Press) took place recently at Buluhkaduru outstation. The book is Nga-ni Kun-red Ngarduk Man-djewk Na-kudji 'One Year in my Country'. Text by †Jill Yirrindili, transcribed & translated by Aung Si, illustrated by Jenny Taylor, designed by Christine Bruderlin, edited by Margaret Carew and production support by the Bininj Kunwok Language Project. Everyone looked great in their book cover T-shirts! So many people worked hard to make it a great day. Thanks also to Mason Scholes and Natalie Carey at Maningrida CEC for logistics support on the day.

The Bininj Kunwok Language Project is guided by our Bininj Kunmayali reference group who are interested speakers of Bininj Kunwok languages such as Kunwinjku, Kundjeyhmi, Kundedjnjenghmi, Mayali, Kune and Kuninjku. At our most recent meeting in Kunbarlanja we discussed the development of the forthcoming online course for Kunwinjku. There are about 120 students who have already expressed an interest in signing up for this trial course. Present were Jill Nganjmirra, Analam Gamarrawu, Cheryl Nadjalaburnburn, Roseanne Nawirridj, Rev. Lois Nadjamerrek, Julie Narndal, Donna Nadjamerrek, Andrew Manakgu, Alex Marley, Cathy Bow, Andy Peart and Murray Garde.

Ngarrinang Facebook ngadberre dja ngarriwokbimbom kumekke:

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Bininj Kunwok Language Project

FRAGILE FIRST IMPRESSIONS

A Threatened Archive of Indigenous Reportage

Trinity Grammar and Warddeken Land Management invite you to:

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New staff at Djidbidjidbi Residential College do cross-cultural training

Djidbidjidbi Gurrambalk gure Jabiru barri-gerrnge nawu gabarri-durrkmirri barri-wam training-gen. Barri-borlbmeng Bininj an-garre dja Bininj Gunwok yiman ga-yime Gundjeihmi dja Gunwinjgu.

New staff at Djidbidjidbi Residential College and some existing Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation staff in Jabiru went to do some training at the college recently. They have been learning about Bininj culture and learning some Gundjeihmi and Kunwinjku language.

Arri-borlbmeng gun-wok wurdurd-gen bu arri-djarrkdurrkmirri:

We learnt some phrases for when we are working with the students:

Bu wolewoleh arri-djarrkngun an-me, arri-djarrkyime gun-wok.

Each evening when we eat together, we always say this together:

Garri-djarrkngun— an-me an-mak garri-murrngrayekmen.

We are all eating together— good food makes us healthy.

garri-djarrkngun anme anmak

Some other phrases for youth workers to learn include:

Yim-rai

Come here!

yim-rai

Ngunem-rai

Two of you, come here

ngunem-rai

Ngurrim-rai

All of you, come here!

ngurrim-rai

Yi-rai

Go away (to 1 person).

yi-rai

Ngune-rai

Go away (you 2)

ngune-rai

Ngurri-rai

Go away (you all, 3+)

ngurri-rai

Ma wurdurd, an-me garri-ngun.

OK children, time to eat.

ma wurdurd an-me garri-ngun

Ngurri-biddjirridjburren.

Wash your hands (said to 3+).

ngurri-biddjirridjburren

Gorrogo yi-biddjirridjburrinj?

Have you (1) washed your hands?

gorrogo yibiddjirridjburrinj

Gorrogo? ma!

Already? OK then!

gorrogo ma

Yi-yerrga!

Sit down (1).

yiyerrga

Ngune-yerrga!

You 2 sit down!

nguneyerrga

Ngurri-yerrga!

You all sit down!

ngurri-yerrga

Plate yi-djirridjburrimen!

Wash the plates!

plate yidjirridjburrimen

Bolkkime na-ngale ga-djirridjbun plate?

Who is doing the washing up today?

bolkkime nangale gadjirridjbun plate

Bale yi-yime?

What are you doing?

bale yiyime

Bale ngune-yime?

What are you two doing?

bale ngune-yime

Bale ngurri-yime?

What are you all doing?

bale ngurri-yime

Wurdurd bau!

Hey kids, be quiet!

wurdurd bau

An-gudji yi-djare?

Would you like another one?

an-gudji yi-djare

Yi-worrkminj?

Are you full up (food)?

yi-worrkminj

Ngune-worrkminj?

Are the two of you full up (food)?

ngune-worrkminj

Ngurri-worrkminj?

Are you all (3+) full up (food)?

ngurri-worrkminj

Ma wurdurd ngurrim-rai garri-wokdi.

OK kids, come here and let's have a talk/meeting!

ma wurdurd ngurrimrai garriwokdi

Wurdurd bau, ngurri-yun!

Hey kids, quiet, go to sleep!

wurdurd bau ngurri-yun

Yawurrinj, ga-mak?

Hey boys, everything OK?

yawurrinj ga-mak

Yaukyauk, bale ngurri-re?

You girls, where are you going?

yaukyauk bale ngurri-re

Bale yi-re?

Where are you (1) going?

bale yi-re?

Al-godjok baleh wam?

Where has Al-godjok gone?

algodjok baleh wam

Al-godok baleh gah-di?

Where is Al-godjok?

algodjok baleh gahdi

Ga-dirri guberrk. (the 'd' changes to 'rr' between vowels, so it is actually ga-rrirri)

He/she is playing outside.

ga-dirri guberrk

Ngale gah-di.

There she is!

ngaleh gah-di

Nanih gah-di (close distance)

Here he is!

nanih gah-di

Nabe gah-di.

He's just over there.

nabe gahdi

Gorrogo ngurri-yidmedjirridjburrinj?

(ngurri- 'you all'-yidme 'teeth'-djirridjbu 'wash' -rren 'yourself')

Have you brushed your teeth?

gorrogo ngurri-yidmedjirridjburrinj

Yi-re yi-yidmedjirridjburrimen.

(yi-yidme-djirridj-burri-men)

Go and brush your teeth! (said to 1 person)

yire yi-yidmedjirridjburrimen

Yim-rai, arr-wokdi.

Come here (1 person), let's talk.

yimrai arr-wokdi

Yi-dangbalhmen. (addressing 1 person)

Close the door! (You can just say yi-balhmen to mean 'close it'  for anything, window, box etc)

yirrangbalhmen

Yi-dangmarrhma!

Open the door!

yi-rrangmarrhma

Wurdurd gandi-bekka!

Children, listen to me!

wurdurd gandibekka

Yun gun-warre yi-wokdi!

Don't say nasty/obscene things/don't swear! (gun-warre means 'bad speech, bad things')

yun gun-warre yi-wokdi

Bonj

That is all.

Dabbarrabbolk barri-nguni djikken warridj!

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Ngarridurndeng Djokay

Going back to Djokay

The Warddeken Land Management rangers work on the Arnhem Land Plateau looking after the Warddken Indigenous Protected Area. In 2013 they located a rock shelter in the Mann River district called Djokay. Some of those rangers remembered going there as children, accompanied by their parents or grandparents. Linguist Murray Garde went there in 1993 accompanied by Kodjok Nawurrbbarn and Wamud Namok. Both those old men have now passed away. When we were there in 1993 we made audio recordings of Kodjok and Wamud giving a commentary on the history of Djokay and the meaning of the many paintings on the walls and ceilings of the shelter. Murray told the Warddeken Rangers about those old recordings. With the assistance of the Indigenous Heritage Program we all went back to Djokay in October 2013, taking the 1993 recordings with us. When we located the shelter, we played the recordings of those two old men telling us about this important place.

Nawu ngad Warddeken Ranger, ngarri-durrkmirri kore kunred ngadberre, kuwarddewardde ngarri-bolknahnan. Boyen ngarri-bolkngalkeng kun-wardderurrk Djokay ka-bolkngeyyo. Kun-kare ngarri-wam kumekke bu ngarri-yahwurdni, korroko, kobohbanj bani-bokenh na-kudji na-mardku dja na-kudji na-ngarradjku ngandi-bolkbukkang. Bolkkime ngandi-bawong berrewoneng. Bulanj Murray 1993 nungka dorrengh ngarri-wam dja banbani-wokmey dja bani-yolyolmeng Djokay bu korroko barri-wam barri-yoy kumekke. Dja mak bim kumekke bedda bani-bokenh bani-yolyolmeng bim bu ka-bimdihbimdi kumekke Djokay. Ngarri-bekkang, recording nungkah Bulanj banbani-wokmey wanjh ngarri-djawam bu kam-re kan-wokbukkan ngadberre. Boyen ngarri-djarrkwam ngarri-durndi Djokay wanjh ngarri-wokbekkang recording nawu korroko Bulanj banbani-wokmey kore Djokay wanjh ngarri-borlbmeng kun-red. Bu ngarrban-bekkang, yiman barri-yawoyhdarrkidni kore ngad, Djokay. Worro.

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Karrkad Kanjdji Trust kabindi-bidyikarrme Warddeken dja Djelk Indigenous Protected Areas. Bu yi-djare yi-nan djurra bedberre dja kunwok bedberre, konda wanjh yi-biddjuyme:

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Gabarri-yawoihbimbun Kakadu, printing program.

by Dianne and Andrew Blake.

The Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC),working in partnership with Community Prophets and Children’s Ground  are facilitating printing workshop initiatives for young people and senior artists of their Kakadu NT region. The artwork has been inspired by trips to rock art sites on the Mirarr clan estate.

Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation, Community Prophets dja Children’s Ground gabarri-djarrkdurrkmirri ba wurdurd, yawurrinj dja yawkyawk gabarri-borlbme bu gabarri-bimbun gure printing program. Dabbarrabbolk warridj gabarri-bimbun gure andehne printing program. Barri-wam barri-nang gun-wardde bim gure Mirarr gun-red bedberre.

The aim is to implement and teach printing skills that remain within the community and to create a workspace for all artists to use.

Initial lino cut, collograph and drypoint etching workshops were part of the GAC school holiday program in 2011.

Boyen, 2011 barri-garrmi an-biyiga program barri-borlbmeng anbu Balanda gabarringeibun lino cut, collograph dja drypoint etching.

These prints went on sale at Jabiru's annual festival known as ‘Mahbilil’ to great public-response. Proceeds went directly to the youth.

Barri-weigang bim gure Mahbilil festival dja barri-wern bininj barri-marnedjare. Yawurrinj dja yawkyawk barri-gukmei gun-wardde wanjh.

Last year there were two follow up workshops. These prints were again successfully exhibited at the 2012 Mahbilil Festival. The Jabiru printmakers will be exhibiting once again at this years Mahbilil Festival in September. The Jabiru  Area School has provided a space for the printing to take place within its art department. 
 The community centre has been establish to create an arts space that is inclusive of all community members of the Kakadu region.

Bonj

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Gundjeihmi:

Gure Jabiru, boyen arri-marnbom DRIL workshop ba gamak Gundjeihmi dja Gunwinjgu gabarri-djalwokdi. Daluk bani-bogenh banim-wam andi-bidyigarrmeng, Margaret Florey dja Donna McLaren. Gabani-durrkmirri gure RNLD (Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity). Andi-walebukkang gun-wern ba arrban-bukkan wurdurd dja barri-buyiga bu gabarri-djare gabarri-borlbme Gundjeihmi.

English:

Recently in Jabiru we conducted a DRIL (Documenting and Revitalising Indigenous Languages Workshop) to help people keep speaking Gundjeihmi and Kunwinjku. Margaret Florey and Donna McLaren came and helping us run the workshop. They both work for RNLD (Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity). They showed us many techniques to help us teach Gundjeihmi to children and other people who want to learn the language.

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Kunwinjku:

Bininj Gunwok Language Project, Injalak dja Australian National University kabirridjarrkdurrkmirri ba kabirribolkngeykurrmehkurrme nawu korroko Bininj birrirey kurrenge kore Bininj manbolh, bolkki yekke.

Kunbalanda:
In a collaboration between the Bininj Gunwok Language Project, Injalak and the Australian National University, Aboriginal walking routes are being documented this dry season.

Kundjeyhmi:

Nakangila Ben kadurrkmirri andehne project. Kayolyolme bu djob kakarrme nuye.

Bolkkime arridurrkmirri project angerrnge Bininj Anbolh arriborlhme. Dabbarrabbolk andibukkan adberre. Arridjare wurdurd kabarribengkan wanjh. Kamak rowk!

Today we are working on a new project to learn all about traditional walking routes. The old people are teaching us and we want the children to know about them then. It's great!

Nakangila Ben dja Nangarridj Enoch kabandibimmang Ngalwamud dja Nabangardi gure Wirnmuyurr.

(Kundjeyhmi)

Nakangila Ben and Nangarridj Enoch filming Ngalwamud and Nabangardi at Wirnmuyurr, Kakadu National Park.

Nabulanj Andrew kore Kunkerlberrk, darnki Kunnanj.

(Kunwinjku)

Nabulanj Andrew near Kunkerlberrk, not far from Fish Creek (Kunnanj).

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This project is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s Indigenous Heritage Program

and is auspiced by Injalak Arts and Crafts, Gunbalanya Western Arnhem Land, N.T. Australia.

bonj

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Photos by Kevin Arthur, BIITE.

Tom Wood and Raymond Guymala have a planning discussion the day before their trip from Gunbalanya to Batchelor College on 20 June 2013 for their graduation ceremony at Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (Certificate 2 in Construction). Thanks to Andy Peart, CDEP Training Officer at Gunbalanya for the recording and thanks to Kevin Arthur (BIITE) for the photos. Thanks to Tom Wood and Raymond Guymala too.

T= Tom, R= Raymond, A= Andy Peart.

[00:00:00.00] R: Tom, wanjh balekeno ngarri-re malayi?

[00:00:04.06] T: malaywi karri-re

[00:00:06.12] R: balekeno kukabel?

[00:00:09.00] T: kukabel karri-re o kumurrng

[00:00:12.24] T: nungka njaleken karri-re?

[00:00:16.12] R: graduate

[00:00:19.04] T: graduate karri-yime

[00:00:19.24] T: kore birri-wern?

[00:00:23.03] R: mulil

[00:00:25.23] T: malayi karri-re, kumurrng, kukabel

[00:00:32.06] T: karri-dungbebme

[00:00:33.20] T: kareh kanjdji kah-dungyo kah-kakyo wanjh karri-dolkkan kunukka six o'clock

[00:00:40.05] T: darnki kah-bebme name karri-re karri-bolkbawon Kunbarlanja

[00:00:43.22] T: seven o'clock mani bas karri-mang mani manu ka-bidbun, kan-bekkan

[00:00:51.23] R: wo kurebeh wanjh ngarr-ngokkowiyidurndeng

[00:00:55.19] yo, karri-ngokkowiyidurndeng

[00:01:00.19] A: njale, njale kabirri-re?

[00:01:02.23] T: murrika karri-re, mandengeyi

[00:01:05.05] R: murrika ngarri-re

[00:01:06.01] mandengeyi

[00:01:22.02] A: Bale ngurri-borlbmeng?

[00:01:09.20] R: aa... building

[00:01:10.18] building, building construction ngarri-re... manekke, ...graduate ngarri-yime

[00:01:15.13] R: graduate

Vocabulary:

balekeno when

malayi, malaywi tomorrow

-re to go

kukabel morning

njaleken why

-dungbebme 1. arrive in daylight 2. morning rising of the sun

name short version of namekke that

kunukka like that, at that time, that topic mentioned

-mang to get

-bolkbawon leave a place, depart from a place

kurebeh other side, at the other place/other end

ngokkowi evening

-ngokkowiyidurndeng return in the evening

murrika, mandengeyi motor vehicle (car, truck)

-borlbme to learn, to become accustomed to

manekke that, that thing mentioned (of man- class)

njale what, how

wanjh then (sequential)

-dungyo sun be located, exist

-bidbun, go up, go upland

mulil lots, many (also a ceremony name)

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Stuart Whitby's Art Class

With guest printmakers and former Jabiru residents Diane and Andrew Blake

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Bulanj Murray kabendjawan yawurrinj nawu birrihbimmarnbom.

Murray Garde talks with 3 Jabiru School students about their prints—Jimmy Marimowa, Cuisak Nango and Hezekiah Lane.

JAS Jimmy namarrkon edited

[00:00:00] Jimmy: Ngaye Jimmy Marimowa

I am Jimmy Marimowa.

[00:00:02] MG: Jimmy yingeyyo, en kunred ke baleh?

Your name is Jimmy, and where is your country?

[00:00:05] Jimmy: Minjilang

[00:00:06] MG: Minjilang. Ngudda Minjilang beh.

Minjilang, you're from Minjilang.

[00:00:09] MG: Nanih, njale yibimbom?

What have you painted?

[00:00:11] Jimmy: Namarrkon.

Lightning Spirit.

[00:00:12] MG: Namarrkon, and njale... njale kakarrme?

The Lightning Spirit, and what does he have?

[00:00:15] Njamed axe, dadken.

Whatsit, an axe, stone axe.

[00:00:18] MG: Yoh, kaburriwe ey?

Yes, he throws it ey?

[00:00:19] Jimmy: kaburriwe

He throws it.

[00:00:20] Nakodjok: karrong.

He strikes with it.

[00:00:21] MG: Karrong! Kamayhke!

He strikes with flashes of lightning.

[00:00:22] Jimmy: Yoh.

Yes

[00:00:23] MG: Balekeno karrinan bu kamayhke? Yiman kayime kurrung ey.

When do we see those flashes of lightning? Like in kurrung season ey?

[00:00:29] Jimmy: Yowey.

Yes.

[00:00:30] MG: Yoh, kunumeleng, kurrung.

Yes, in kunumeleng and kurrung seasons.

JAS Nakodjok mimih edited

[00:00:00.00] MG: Kunkurn bale yikurn ngudda?

Skin name, what is your skin name?

[00:00:01.14] Cuisak: Nakodjok

[00:00:02.06] MG: Nakodjok

[00:00:02.22] Cuisak: Wamud

(also known alternatively as) Wamud

[00:00:03.14] MG: Wamud, en njale yibimbom Wamud?

Wamud, so what have you painted/printed Wamud?

[00:00:05.17] Cuisak: Mimih

[00:00:06.14] MG: Mimih, wardi, wardi yiyolyolme, kalobme o bale?

Can you tell me about this mimih, is he running?

[00:00:10.11] Cuisak: yo

yes

[00:00:11.06] MG: Kalobme. Baleh karringalke mimih?

He's running. Where do we find mimih spirits?

[00:00:14.06] Cuisak: Kuwardde.

In the rock country.

[00:00:15.03] MG: Kuwardde yo. Yinang mimih ngudda?

In the rock country yes. Have you seen a mimih?

[00:00:18.07] Cuisak: Larrk, only nganang njamed, paint ngayime,

No, I've only seen... I've only painted them.

[00:00:22.12] MG: Yo. Yidjalbimbom.

Yes, you've just painted one.

[00:00:23.24] Cuisak: Yo birridjalbimbom kore kuwardde.

Yes, they just paint them in the rock shelters.

[00:00:26.14] MG: mm, ma bonj kamak.

mm OK then, that's great.

[00:00:27.16] Cuisak: Ma

OK then.

JAS nganabbarru malimali edited

[00:00:00.00] MG: Ngudda, ngudda njale yibimbom?

And what have you, what have you painted/printed?

[00:00:02.19] Hezekiah: Nganabbarru

A buffalo.

[00:00:04.08] MG: Nganabbarru o yoh. Ngannabbarru, ngudda nganabbarru yingun?

Oh yes, a buffalo. Do you eat buffalo (meat)?

[00:00:08.17] Hezekiah: yoh

yes

[00:00:09.15] MG: En baleh kabirribun nganabbarru?

And where do they hunt buffalo?

[00:00:11.16] Hezekiah:  mm kore bush.

um in the bush

[00:00:13.03] MG: Kore bush. Kunred ke baleh?

In the bush. Where is your country?

[00:00:15.22] Hezekiah: Malimali.

[00:00:17.00] MG: Malimali, kunred? Kumekke nganabbarru nawern?

Malimali, that place ey? Are there many buffalo there?

[00:00:20.17] Hezekiah: mm nawern.

mm many

[00:00:21.13] MG: Yinang?

Have you seen them (there)?

[00:00:22.10] Hezekiah:  yoh

yes

[00:00:23.09] MG: Ma, bonj.

OK that's all.

Bonj

That is all.

The famous Injalak screenprints at Gunbalanya are back in production. Isaiah Nagurrgurrba talks about how it all started.

yawkyawk 'mermaids'

Kabirriyingkibimmarnbun 'they draw a design first'

Nakangila kahkurrme screen 'Nakangila places the screen'

Isaiah screenprinting text <— Konda yibiddjuyme ba yiwokbekkan. (click the icon to hear the story).

[00:00:00.00]

First nawu ngarrbendjawam nawu...

At first we asked about

[00:00:02.13]

konda ngarridurrkmirri

here where we work

[00:00:03.17]

screen printing... aa nawu dabbarrabbolk ngarrbendjawam kamak ngundimarnemang design yiman Nawamud

and screen printing... we asked our old people if it was OK to use their designs— people such as Nawamud

[00:00:10.24]

Thomson, Kodjok, and Wamud... Wamud namekke ngarrbendjawam bu design bedberre

Thomson, a man of Kodjok subsection, and also Wamud... that Wamud we asked them about permission for designs

[00:00:18.18]

kamak ngundimarnemang (dreya???)

we asked if it was OK to use traditional designs

[00:00:20.12]

ngarrimyolyolmeng bu namekke print ngarriyime kunmadj

We came and explained how these would be printed on cloth

[00:00:23.22]

material... 8 metres table... wanjh Balanda kabirrimre kabirrinan name kunmadj

on material on a table 8 metres long... and then non-Aboriginal people would come and see these prints

[00:00:29.04]

kabirribayahme nameke mak artist

and that they would buy them and the artist

[00:00:31.17]

royalty yiman name kamang nuyeke

would receive a royalty for his design

[00:00:34.08]

mani,

money

[00:00:35.02]

nawu kunmadj ba karengere art centre kamarnbun more mani

and that as this continued it would make money for the art centre

[00:00:40.15]

ba ngarribayahmeken njamed ink use ngarriyimi

so that we could buy things such as the inks used in the printing

[00:00:43.07]

ngalengarre manu screenprinting-ken manekke mani ngarrimarnbun

and all the other things we need to do the screen printing and to make money

[00:00:46.20]

ngarrimarnbun T-shirt, fabric

(by selling) T-shirts we make and fabrics

[00:00:50.20]

en more birridjaremi nawu kabirridjare bedberre design kabirrimarnbun bad

and then more people wanted to use their designs but

[00:00:55.12]

make sure ngarrbenmarneyime minj mak djang ngurribimbun bu njamed wardi

we were told (other artists) not to paint sacred restricted designs, otherwise...

[00:00:59.22]

minj karridurren bad kandiyolyolme kadberre dabbarrabbolk.

well it wouldn't mean we would argue over it, but it's just what our elders explained to us.

Bonj, birriyakwong! The finished product.

Bonj

That is all.

This is the Kunwinjku eulogy given Thursday 28 June 2012 at Emmanuel Church Kunbarlanja for the funeral service of Nakodjok Namanilakarr. It includes a [somewhat free] English translation.

Composed by the Rev. Lois Nadjamerrek and Indigenous Engagement Officer Donna Nadjamerrek on behalf of the Nayinggul family.

Ngundimanjbun ngudberre bu karridjarrkraworrinj bolkkime, Kunwinjku kunu karribekkan nuye karriyolyolme nuye bu kurduyimi bu kondanjkunu ngarre kunred kore nabarrkid dja Urningangk kunred bedberre ni.

They [the family] wish to thank you all for coming together today to listen now in Kunwinjku as we tell you something about his life here in this country and in his other home country, Urningangk language country, which belongs to them, his family.

Karriburrbuni nungka bu korrokoni dja durrkmirri kunwern bu yahwurdni yiman kayime rey yiwarrudj, kornkumo dja ngalbadjan birridjarrkrey konda bu korroko bu kodjdjuhmeng dja confirm yimeng dja Ngalkamarrang benemarrinj kondanj kore manih church.

We all knew him and how over many years he worked in many different jobs and did many things, starting from the time as a child he came to this church with his father and mother, was baptised and confirmed long ago here and then married his wife ngal-Kamarrang here in this church.

Wanjh korrokoni teacher yimi kore durrkmirri Kunbarlanja School dja nawu biyawmey Nawakadj Nangalngbali benedjarrkdurrkmirri.

He became a teacher and worked here at Gunbalanya School together with his nephew, na-Wakadj of the Ngalngbali clan. They both worked together.

Wanjh durrkmirri Northern Land Council field officer benbidyikarrmi Balanda dja Bininj birriwokbekkarreni bu kunredken dja mining-kenh. Nungan yeledjyeledj karrebekkani kore kunkukbelekenngarre wanjh mankarre benmarnemulewani bu kamak mankarre birrimarnbuni bedman, kore ngad bininjken.

He later worked as a Northern Land Council field officer helping Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to communicate with each other in relation to Aboriginal land and especially things to do with mining. He considered all these issues from European people carefully and thoughtfully and communicated to us, we Aboriginal people, the issues that needed to be sorted out and decided on.

Nungka durrkmirri kunwern kore ngarre Djabulukku Association dja mak Kakadu National Park. Bu mankarre karrenahnani dja karremarnbuni kaddjarrkberre rowk yiman karriyime karriyarlborolhme wanjh karrimarnbun manyarlkudji. Wanjh kumekbe yimi kunmayali nuye dja dabbarrabbolk bedberre birribuyika. Benbukkani Balanda ba kamak kabirrikarrenahnan kadberre munguyh. Nungka ni dja worhnani kore Kakadu National Park Board of Management kunkuyeng durrkmirri bu kunmekbekenh, bu karriyolyolme nuye bolkkime.

He worked in many different positions, including for the Djabulukku Association and Kakadu National Park. He cared about cultural issues and sought to bring things together [from both cultures] for all of us. An analogy is in the way we roll the strands of string together to make one single strong strand. That was his thinking and that of other old people, to also teach European people to always properly respect our culture. He sat for a long time on the Kakadu National Park Board of Management and many of the things we are talking about today concern the time when he worked there.

Kunbuyika mak kore mayhkenh, nawu mankarre bininj, nang dja benbukkani nuye bebeywurd dja mawahmawa nuye dja mamamhmamamh. Burrbuni Morak, Lorrkkon, Mardayin, Wubarr dja mak bolkkime karrikarrme yiman kayime duwa, yirridjdja. Benbengyolyolmi dja benrayekwoni ba bu birrimurrngrayekni bedman deleng bu kabirribalbukkan wurdurd bedberre wali dja namud nawu kondanj karrihni.

Another area concerns Aboriginal ceremony and Aboriginal law and cultural practices. He attended ceremony and then went on to teach his own children and grandchildren about those ceremonies. He knew things about the Morak, Lorrkkon, Mardayin and Wubarr ceremonies as well as those ceremonies we still have today, relating to the Duwa and Yirridjdja moieties. He taught others to act decently so they would be strong together and able to in turn pass on knowledge and a good way of living to the next generations of family who live here together with us.

Ngayeman yiman ngawokbekkang nganmarneyolyolmerrinj naweleng bu bininj nabuyika bidjawani “njalekenh kuni nuk bu yiwernhburrbun kunbalandaken dja ngad bininjken”. Nganmarneyolyolmeng nawu kangkinj, yimeng “Ngudda yiburrbun Nabulanj nawu Nakalarrdju? Nganmarnbom bu ngankangemurrngrayekwong kore kurorrbbe ngawokdi, kore Bininj Balanda bedberre. Ngabenbidyikarrmi kunred konda Kunbarlanja dja mak kunred ngarduk.”

I heard a story that he told me himself about someone who once asked him how it was that he had so much confidence and facility in both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal worlds. He, my nephew, said to me, “Do you know that na-Bulanj man of the Kalarrdju can? He helped me become like this, giving me confidence to be able to speak in public before both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. I’ve tried to help people and the country here at Gunbalanya and also in my own country.

Djal bonj. Ngundiwoknan bu bolkkime. Bobo karriyime rowk.

That’s all. Today, they say farewell to you. We all say goodbye.

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music © Tommy Madjalkadj, Indjalarrkku kunborrk, mermaid songs.

Many Bininj working out bush need to travel by helicopter, especially those doing land management and site survey work. This safety briefing is a Kunwinjku translation of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority's poster:

Helicopter Safety

Translation by Donna Nadjamerrek, Julie Narndal & Murray Garde.

Click on the links beneath each panel to hear the Kunwinjku audio.

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Bonj, that is all.

(Kunwinjku)

Kore Kunbarlanja, yawurrinj kabirri-durrkmirri kore CDEP.

Kodjok na-Kardbam Charles ka-yolyolme djob yawurrinj bedberre:

CDEP story Charles

[00:00:00.00] Charles ngaye

[00:00:01.18] Yoh, ngudda baleh yi-kurn... ngudda?

[00:00:03.04] Kodjok

[00:00:03.22] Kodjok

[00:00:04.07] Yoh

[00:00:04.19] eeen

[00:00:05.19] Kodjok na-Kardbam

[00:00:07.06] Kodjok na-Kardbam, korlonjhme.

[00:00:09.11] Yoh

[00:00:10.05] Ngudda... yi-yolyolme djob nguddake kondanj.

[00:00:13.23] Aam, ngarri-marnbun, yawurrinj yika kabirri-marnbun welding kabirri-yime wali.

[00:00:20.02] Yiman ka-yime training kabirri-marnbun.

[00:00:22.03] Yoh, training kabirri-re... welding. Hab yawurrinj nakka njamed, kabirri-marnbun... mowing yika kabirri-yime.

[00:00:32.21] Yoh

[00:00:34.11] Nani bar, njamed kabirri-marnbun.

[00:00:37.18] Kore rubbish kabirri-we bad ngudda ngurri-mang wanjh

[00:00:39.19] Yoh, ngarri-mang ngarri-yawoyhmarnbun wanjh tabol yiman. Njamed shel[f] yiman ngarri-marnbun makka ka-dingihdi.

[00:00:46.06] O yeah.

[00:00:46.18] Yoh, nani-yih bar use ngarri-yime.

[00:00:48.16] Oh yeah. En na-ngale ngun-bukkan ngudberre?

[00:00:51.06] Nani kukbele kabirrih-di ngandi-bukkan.

[00:00:54.01] Yiman ka-yime Gedje

[00:00:55.01] Yoh, Gedje

[00:00:55.22] Troy

[00:00:56.07] Mick name kah-di

[00:00:56.24] Mick, yoh. Ngundi-bukkan?

[00:00:59.07] Yoh

[00:01:00.00] En yawurrinj ngurri-djare manih djob?

[00:01:01.19] Ngarri-djare, kun-kuyeng ngarri-durrkmirri.

[00:01:05.12] Ma!

Dja na-Bulanj Tom warridj ka-yolyolme:

CDEP story Tom

[00:00:02.14] well every morning ngarrim-re ngarri-durrkmirri like ngad mak ngarribuyika ngarri-dalkdadjdje

[00:00:05.05] ngarri-re slasher ngarri-kan njamed nakka

[00:00:07.15] ride-on kabirri-kan yawurrinj kabirrih-...dalkdadjdje ngarri-re koreh

[00:00:11.09] kun-rurrk man-bihbuyika ngarri-dadjdje kore Bininj kabirri-yo o kukbulerri kabirri-yo, Balanda ka-yo, ku-bolkwern

[00:00:18.08] man-mak man-wern djob ngarri-durrkmirri

[00:00:20.24] ma sometimes every Friday ngarri-re kore mak fishing border store ngarrim-durndeng yoh

[00:00:25.22] konda Balanda ngarri-yidurrkmirri ngadberre birri-mak naninj mak ngarri-durrkmirri

[00:00:29.05] ngandi-kan ngadberre

[00:00:30.04] MG: and baleh-beh nawu kun-wardde ngurri-mang?

[00:00:31.21] CDEP Council konda

[00:00:34.02] Oh yeah

[00:00:34.18] Yoh, ngandi-won ngadberre

[00:00:36.18] O man-wern yo ngarri-re kore ku-bolkwern, school ngarri-re, bale yarrkka yawurrinj ngan-bidyilobme kondanj birri-buyika kabirri-durrkmirri

[00:00:43.02] Ngarri-buyika kore ngarri-re.

[00:00:45.19] Ngarri-re Injalak ngarrbin-nan kabirri-bimbun dolobbo mak bu time ngarri-karrme ka-yime bu ten o'clock, 12 o'clock o ngadberre time

[00:00:50.19] anywhere ngarri-re

[00:00:53.13] MG: Yika mak bu training kabirri-yakwon wanjh djob ku-bolkbuyika kabirri-mang?

[00:00:57.06] Yoh. Yiman manu konda course kabirri-re, kabindi-won kore djob bale njale kabirri-durrkmirri. Manekke kabirri-re like...

[00:01:04.01] MG: Nga-bekkang yika nawu kabirri-re kabirri-durrkmirri kore Territory Alliance.

[00:01:08.00] Territory Alliance o makkanj birri-durnderrinj... ngarrim-re konda kore Shire wanjh.

[00:01:12.13] Yo wanjh manekke ngaye mak manekke nga-durrkmirri Territory Alliance. Ngam-durndi kondanj.

[00:01:17.14] Konda mak nga-lobme every morning ngaben-marnemang all the yawurrinj ngarrim-re konda ngarri-ngun ngarri-bongun konda ngarri-re start ngarri-durrkmirri.

[00:01:24.04] Nga-nan konda nawu yawurrinj kabirri-djare manih djob. What do you reckon, njaleken kabirri-wernhdjare mani kind of djob?

[00:01:34.21] Something to do because ngarri-djaldi kured minj njale ngarri-marnbun, yo.

[00:01:37.10] Ngarri-durrkmirri like ngarri-djare mani ngarri-marnbun you want to get something else for in the future

[00:01:41.00] or... djob djob yo, manekke, kamak, kamak Bulanj

[00:01:51.23] OK thank you.

Bonj

That is all.

[= Kunwinjku]

After reading about the facebook interface in minority Australian languages on that mununga linguist we took up the challenge at the Bininj Gunwok Language Project to create versions for Kunwinjku and Gundjeihmi. Thanks to the skill and dedication of Kevin Scannell and our translators Violet Lawson- (Gundjeihmi) and Andrew Manakgu and Dean Yibarbuk- (Kunwinjku), the scripts are now available:

Update 12 August 2012:

Note there has been an update to these scripts made on 13 August (again thanks to Kevin Scannell's hard work) as Google has changed the way they handle installation of extentions in Chrome (installation from outside of the Chrome webstore is no longer allowed). If you used scripts that appeared in this post before 13 August 2012, you will have to replace them with these scripts which are now official Chrome webstore compliant scripts:

For Kunwinjku:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oahnkebhdjhfcnipndkeddicjlecfjka

For Gundjeihmi:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mdloehadmkkehlnpogfnhfiommlingnp
Basically the process for installing these scripts is the same as that described on that mununga linguist but Kevin also adds the following:

I'm strongly recommending to everyone that they use these scripts with Google Chrome - they will run much faster and with fewer errors, and they don't require any special addons to install - just click one of the links above in Chrome, accept the install, and then visit Facebook. Things should start to appear in the language, no need to restart. If things revert to English, reloading the page can help.

If you are thinking of doing this for another minority language here is how we dealt with some of the translation issues for a north Australian polysynthetic language. This is only a selection so if you want to ask about a term not listed here, leave a comment below and we'll reply. Also, Kevin has a wiki about how other languages have dealt with these translations and so we'll eventually add how Kunwinjku and Gundjeihmi have dealt with the translation there, or you can read the same information here (actually only Gundjeihmi is described below).

The following relates to the Gundjeihmi version and therefore the Gundjeihmi orthography is used.

The term 'friend' doesn't really have an analogue in Indigenous cultures where classificatory kinship means everyone in your social universe is a relative. So we opted for 'people we know'. But shift that along to 'mutual friend' and there are some other translation complications.

"1 mutual friend"

This created some interesting discussion about subject and object number. In Bininj Gunwok, these prefixes cover a large range of number possibilities in portmanteau forms. To say that we two (exclusive) both know another (i.e. 1) person would be 1 ngani-djarrk-burrbun:

ngani-djarrk-burrbun

'1st person  dual exclSUBJ>3rd person sing. OBJ.-both/together-know[non-past]'

But once the number of mutually known friends is >1, the prefixes must indicate this change in number. This is not possible in the Facebook translation which must remain constant except for the proceeding numeral (there might be a technical fix, but it probably doesn't really matter at this stage). For example to say 'we 2 both (i.e. mutually) know 3 other people' in Gundjeihmi you would say ngarrban-djarrkburrbun, where ngarrban- is the prefix that marks 'we two acting on them (3 or more)'. Here the 'mutual' element is captured by the dual subject (we both share friendships with the object), but as Violet pointed out, the people we both know also know us too and so to capture the reflexive nature of our relationships with our mutually known friends we opted for arri-burrburren 'we (plural exclusive) all know each other' where -burrburren is the reflexive of -burrbun. So that was one translation down, another 90 to go!

One issue for many Australian languages in relation to this kind of translation is that the English terms do not overtly specify grammatical arguments— that is, who is doing what to whom. So when the Facebook button says '1 share' in English, a polysynthetic language such as Bininj Gunwok must specify who is doing the sharing because all verbs must have a prefix that shows this. Our translation then is "1 garri-djarrkgadjurren" where garri- is the first person plural inclusive participant prefix on the verb ('we all'), djarrk 'together' and -gadjurren 'share REFLEXIVE (with each other)'.

Another issue is anything to do with numeric or temporal quantification, so that '1 hour ago' or '6 minutes ago' is going to problematic in most Australian languages. The solution is to find some other equivalent for relative expressions of time such as 'just now, recently, long ago'. Another solution is to loan the English terms and combine them with the Bininj Gunwok terms thus 'gorrogo 5 hours' already [some time] 5 hours. We translated 'about an hour ago' as djal bolkki ba-bebmeng 'it just came out now/recently' where bolkki can mean 'now/today/soon/just now' (although a future reading is not possible because the verb ba-bebmeng is marked for past tense).

Other problems arise with culturally alien concepts such as 'accounts' so that 'account settings' is translated as:

yi-marnbun nawu ngudda ge 'fix/make those things relating to you'.

Whilst these kind of translations might seem semantically underspecified  at first, it doesn't take long for a user to learn the function associated with them. Likewise, "activity log" is ngaled yi-yimi 'what have you been doing'. Advertising comes out as a verb,gabarri-bayahme 'they purchase [things]' (it could equally have had a first person plural prefix). These may be issues to be dealt with once enough people are using the translation and thinking about any unsatisfactory aspects of the initial version.

Here are a selection of other translations in the list but note that the translations back into English are literal and designed to reveal something of the conceptual composition of the translation:

"Add Friend" Yi-ngeigurrme 'put a name'

"Add Photo / Video" Yi-bimgurrme 'put an image'

"APPS" nawu gabarri-dirri an-buiga 'other things they play with'

"Apps and Games" An-buihbuiga Gabarri-dirri 'assorted other things to play with'

"Careers" Yi-rrurrkmirri '2sg-work'

msgid "Change Cover" Yi-bimbularrbu An-buiga Yi-namen 'delete the image and place another one.'

"chat (offline)" Ngurri-wokmun.gewerren (ba-rromburrinj) 'send each other talk (turned off/not operating)'

"Close Friends" Darn.gi arri-ni adman 'we (excl.) who sit close'

"Comment" Yi-wokgurrmen 'put talk/a message'

"Create an Ad" Yi-marnbu ba gabarri-bayahme 'make it so people can buy [something]'

"Create a Page" An-buiga yi-marnbu 'make something else/another'

"Create Group..." Yi-marnbu bu Ngurri-djarrkwokdi... 'make it so that you all speak together'

"%d shares" %d arri-wokgadjurrinj '%d we have shared language'

"Edit Options" [Allows you to hide certain stories from your home page] Yi-wokwarlkkan '2sg-hide talk/language'

#.A link to a list of events that you've been invited to "Events" Garri-bengdaihgerren 'we (pl. incl.)-remind/notify each other'

"FAVORITES" NAWU YI-DJAREHDJARE 'things you really like'

"Find Friends" Yiban-ngalge bininj 'find people'

"Friend Requests" Nawu Ngundi-djawan Yiban-ngeigurrme 'those who are asking you to place their names'

"Friends" Nawu Yiban-burrbun 'those you know'

"groups" mirndewern 'groups'

"Life Event" Gorrogo Ba-yimerranj Ngudda-gen 'things that have happened in the past relating to you'

"Likes"-  Plural noun. Link that shows you a list of music, books, etc. you like on FB, Nawu a-djare 'that which I like'

Heading above your lists of friends ("Work", "Family", etc.) "LISTS" GABARRI-NGEIHNGEIDI 'they-name.name.stand'

"Map"  Bim nawu gun-bolkgen 'an image about places'

In the "New Message" dialog "Message:" Gun-wokgerrnge yi-mun.gewe: 'send a new message [talk]'

Link in bottom navigation. Click it to see additional links: Careers, etc. "More" An-buiga ga-djale 'other it-keeps.going'

"News Feed" Gabarri-yolyolme Gun-wok 'they are discussing stories [and] talk/news'

"PAGES" — it was decided not to translate this word yet. We will wait to see what other speakers might say.

"People who like this" Gabarri-ngeidi Nawu Gabarri-djare 'the names of those who like this lit: they-name.stand REL.pronoun they-like.it'

Link at the bottom of home page to Facebook's privacy policy "Privacy" Bu yiga minj yi-djare gabarri-nan 'if sometimes you don't want them to see'

"Privacy Settings" Yi-marnbun ba minj gabarri-nan 'fix/make it so that they cannot see'

"Profile" Djal Aye 'just me'. But I think this could also be Djal aye-gen 'just all about me'.

Box near the top of your personal timeline showing your recent actions on FB "Recent Activity" Njanjuk Yi-marnbom 'what have you done'. Again, I think this would be better as Njanjuk yi-djalmarnbuni (imperfective). 'what have you just been doing'. Needs more thought on getting the 'recent' element incorporated.

"Recommended Pages" Gubuyiga ngundi-bukkan 'they can show you things elsewhere'

Prompt when you comment on a post "Write a comment..." Yi-wokbimbu... '2sg-write.talk'.

When you share a link in a comment, use this to remove the preview image "Remove Preview" Yi-bimbularrbu 'remove image'

Option on every post on your personal timeline "Resize" Yi-marnbun an-gimuk dja an-yahwurd 'make it big and small'.

Link that appears under a post in another language; click it to translate "See Translation" Yi-nan ga-wokborledge 'see the language turned' (this is an established verb for 'translate').

Verb. A link that allows you to share a post with your friends "Share" Gabarri-nan rouk gun-wok ge 'they can see all of your talk'

"Timeline" Ga-rrungbelbbelbmerren 'the sun/time is sticking to itself'

Months of the year are joined with one of the six season names. These names do not consistently map on to names of the months but generally they are equivalent:

Gudjeuk January, Gudjeuk February, Bangkerreng March, Bangkerreng April, Yekke May, Yekke June, Yekke July, Wurrgeng August, Wurrgeng September, Gurrung October, Gurrung November, Gunumeleng December.

Are you interested in more about the underrepresentation of minority languages online? Have a look here.

Bonj That is all.