| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (22 min. 5 sec.) ; 133347905 bytes |
| Summary |
Talking Language with Ernie Dingo is a personal journey providing a unique understanding of how knowledge of Aboriginal languages is shaped by ancestral connections to the land, stars, water, sea and the air we breathe. Ernie visits six people from across Australia whose stories of a spiritual connection to country highlight some of the benefits and current challenges people face to maintain, revive and create languages within their communities.In this fifth episode, Ernie travels to the Roebourne community to meet Pansey Cheedy, one of over 300 Yinjibarndi speakers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Yinjibarndi is a living language and Pansey explains to Ernie the diversity of languages in her region and the strength and challenges that come from being the last generation of language speakers who know the depth of the old language and its tradition. Ernie visits the local radio station and archiving project to learn how language is maintained and preserved in Roebourne. According to Pansey Cheedy, the largest impact on the survival of language and culture in her country is from mining. Ernie realises the importance of keeping the language and law of the land safe for current and future generations of Yinjibarndi speakers.Follow the conversation on Twitter: #NITV |
| Event |
Broadcast 2014-11-02 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Mines and mining.
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Language maintenance.
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Yindjibarndi language.
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Western Australia -- Roebourne.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Allam, Ramahn, director
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Dingo, Ernie, host
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Cheedy, Pansey, contributor
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