Yira boornak nyininy=High tree of sitting / an old story retold by Kim Scott, Hazel Brown Roma Winmar and the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project with artwork by by Anthony (Troy) Roberts
36 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 x 28 cm
Summary
Presented bilingually in English and Aboriginal Noongar language text, Yira Boornak Nyininy is an indigenous Australian story about forgiveness and friendship. Left stranded in a tree by his wife, a Noongar man has to rely on his Wadjela friend to help him back down
Yira Boornak Nyininy came from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast - the Noongar people. Inspired by a story told to the American linguist Gerhardt Laves around 1931, Yira Boornak Nyininy has been workshopped in a series of community meetings as a part of the "Wirlomin Noongar Language & Stories Project" to revitalize an endangered language. This story is written in old Noongar, along with a literal English translation, as well as English prose styled by Kim Scott
Notes
Prepared under the direction of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project Incorporated
