Languages

4-down, misappropriation of traditional knowledge

Matjjin-nehen - May 27, 2008 - 9:11pm

Over the weekend, David Nash drew my attention to a book that he found on Amazon, that purported to contain bilingual crosswords puzzles in English and Wageman.
I was a bit perlexed by this, since, well, Wagiman doesn’t have much in the way of practical applications such as second-language learning, that is, of course, beyond the [...]

A sorry day

Matjjin-nehen - March 31, 2008 - 6:39pm

Not long ago, I received a call from a friend in Kybrook Farm. She informed me that an old lady, one of the last remaining Wagiman speakers, had died a little while earlier.
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