[PDF] australian aboriginal language words

Key words we use in Indigenous Culture
  • Yura: Hello in Yugambeh language.
  • Nunya: Thank you.
  • Yuwei: Not a goodbye, but a 'until we meet again'
  • Billabong: A watercourse which runs only after it rains.
  • Boorie: Boy, child.
  • Bung: State of exhaustion or when something is broken/ out of action.
  • Bunji: Aboriginal English for mate.
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  • What Australian words come from the Aboriginal language?

    A survey of newspapers in July 2007 found that the most common Aboriginal word is 'kangaroo', followed by 'wallaby' (which might be influenced by the rugby team of the same name), 'waratah' (also a rugby team), 'koala', 'billabong', 'kookaburra', 'dingo' and 'wombat'.25 avr. 2023

  • How many words are in the Australian Aboriginal language?

    If we assume there are around 800 Indigenous Australian languages, each with a vocabulary of around 10,000 words – then Australia has a wealth of eight million words across the whole country.9 nov. 2020
  • kesalul - I love you.
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