CALL

(link: https://www.pertameschool.org/ text: The Pertame language revival program seeks to rapidly grow new fluent speakers of the endangered Central Australian language using the Master-Apprentice immersion method developed by Native American Communities in the US.)

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Songs of Home

Songs of Home celebrates the significance and richness of Indigenous song, and reminds us of the fundamental connections between singing and home. The project has brought together expert singers from Australia and China – Anmatyerr women singers from Ti-Tree in Central Australia, and Kam women singers from Liping county in Guizhou province, China.

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The Arrernte Language Office at the Desert People’s Centre

Akwertethe akaltyele anthenh-anthenhe ‘We are always learning’ MK Turner & Christobel Swan. The Arrernte Language Office is a space for Arrernte Language work and projects. It is available for Arrernte Language workers to use as a meeting and work space.

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Tim's Journey | E. Anmatyerr Art project

A group of Eastern Anmatyerr women from Engawala community have been studying Visual Arts at Batchelor Institute for the last couple of years. One aspect of the project has been a focus on the megafauna found at Alcoota, very near the Engawala Community.

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Utopia Bush Medicine Project

The Utopia Bush Medicine Project was a community-based intergenerational and multi-disciplinary, language maintenance and documentation project on the Utopia Homelands. Utopia is located in remote central Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs.

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Wadeye Endangered Languages project

The Wadeye Endangered Languages Project is a 15-year-long partnership between Wadeye community language advisor Pinpirrith Majella Chula, CALL and Batchelor Press. Batchelor Press has published many outcomes from this project.

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Wangka Irrititha munu Kuwarritha | Old meets New: Southern Luritja project

The Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics has recently kicked off its Martutjarra Luritja language project. Funded for two years in the 2020 ILA Open Round, the project aims to produce a range of language resources from previous language work through the engagement of intergenerational community collaborations, creative arts & technology.

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Yurntumu-wardingki juju-ngaliya-kurlangu yawulyu: Warlpiri women’s songs from Yuendumu

During 2016, Warlpiri women held three yawulyu revitalisation workshops in Yuendumu. Many generations of Warlpiri women attended, singing various yawulyu, painting the associated body designs, performing the dances and telling the associated stories.

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Yókkarra | Njonja | Jichicha | Maningrida Fish Project

Yokkarra, the Maningrida fish project, is complete. The project produced a film and a beautiful fish poster. The poster, which supports the teaching and learning of fish names in local languages, shows the main fish caught by the fishing team, with names in five languages, 3 local languages – Ndjébbana, Na-kara, Burarra, plus English and Latin.

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Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics

Projects

Pertame School

Songs of Home

The Arrernte Language Office at the Desert People’s Centre

Tim's Journey | E. Anmatyerr Art project

Utopia Bush Medicine Project

Wadeye Endangered Languages project

Wangka Irrititha munu Kuwarritha | Old meets New: Southern Luritja project

Yurntumu-wardingki juju-ngaliya-kurlangu yawulyu: Warlpiri women’s songs from Yuendumu

Yókkarra | Njonja | Jichicha | Maningrida Fish Project

Yókkarra | Njonja | Jichicha | Maningrida Fish Project

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