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Author Lissarrague, Amanda, 1958-, author.

Title A grammar and dictionary of Gathang : the language of the Birrbay, Guringay and Warrimay / Amanda Lissarrague
Published Nambucca Heads, N.S.W. : Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative, [2010]
Nambucca Heads, N.S.W. : Muurrbay Aboriginal Language & Culture Co-operative, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  499.1503 Lis/Gad  AVAILABLE
Description xxvii, 348 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Series New Items
Contents Part 1: The grammar. 1. Overview -- 2. The sounds of Gathang -- 3. Transitive and intransitive sentences -- 4. Nominal morphology -- 5. Verbal morphology -- 6. Clitics -- 7. Particles -- 8. Interjections -- 9. Phrase and sentence structures -- Part 2: The texts. Part 3: The dictionary
Summary The Gathang people of the New South Wales mid-north coast are reviving their language and culture and passing it on to their children. Gathang (or Kattang) is a general name for the language also known as Birrbay (Biripi), Guringay (Gringai) and Warrimay (Worimi), technically these are dialects of the same language
Analysis Indigenous Australian languages (New South Wales,Australia)
Dictionaries (New South Wales,Australia)
Notes "The book is a grammar and dictionary of Gathang, the language of the Birrbay, Guringay and Warrimay people of the central and mid-north coast of New South Wales"--Publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-343)
Notes English and Kattang
Subject Lobban, Eddie
Pama-Nyungan language -- Grammar -- Terminology
Pama-Nyungan languages -- Dictionaries -- English
Pama-Nyungan languages.
Guringay (Australian tribe)
Warrimay (Australian tribe)
Birrbay (Australian tribe)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Languages
Kattang language -- Dictionaries -- English
Australian languages -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Dictionaries
Kattang language -- English
Kattang language -- Grammar -- Terminology
Kattang language -- Grammar
Kattang language.
Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Languages
Worimi (Australian people) -- Languages
Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
Language - Vocabulary - Dictionaries and glossaries
Language - Vocabulary - Place names
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
Worimi / Gadang / Kattang language (E2) (NSW SI56-02)
Kattang language.
Gathang language E67
New South Wales.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Terminology.
Dictionaries.
Author Homer, Nils
Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative
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