Taungurung: Liwik-Nganjin-Al Ngula-Dhan Yaawinbu Yananinon
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Deep in the heart of Victoria's Central Highlands, the Taungurung people have maintained a living connection to Country, language, and law across countless generations — and Taungurung: Liwik-nganjin-al Ngula-dhan Yaawinbu Yananinon stands as a vital testament to that enduring presence. Compiled by Lee Pealy, a Taungurung Traditional Owner and Community Language Worker, this remarkable volume presents the Taungurung language in a form designed for reclamation, recording foundational vocabulary, phrases, and cultural knowledge that anchor identity to place and ancestry. It is a work of profound community purpose, as much an act of cultural sovereignty as it is a linguistic resource. The broader significance of this publication reaches far beyond the printed page, speaking directly to the global movement for the revitalisation of First Nations languages and the irreplaceable knowledge systems they carry. Pealy's voice throughout is authoritative and deeply rooted, reflecting decades of community engagement and stewardship of a language once silenced by colonial disruption. For linguists, educators, students of Australian Indigenous culture, and Taungurung community members alike, this work is an indispensable bridge between past and future — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the world's wisdom still waits to be reclaimed.
Author: -
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Deep in the heart of Victoria's Central Highlands, the Taungurung people have maintained a living connection to Country, language, and law across countless generations — and Taungurung: Liwik-nganjin-al Ngula-dhan Yaawinbu Yananinon stands as a vital testament to that enduring presence. Compiled by Lee Pealy, a Taungurung Traditional Owner and Community Language Worker, this remarkable volume presents the Taungurung language in a form designed for reclamation, recording foundational vocabulary, phrases, and cultural knowledge that anchor identity to place and ancestry. It is a work of profound community purpose, as much an act of cultural sovereignty as it is a linguistic resource. The broader significance of this publication reaches far beyond the printed page, speaking directly to the global movement for the revitalisation of First Nations languages and the irreplaceable knowledge systems they carry. Pealy's voice throughout is authoritative and deeply rooted, reflecting decades of community engagement and stewardship of a language once silenced by colonial disruption. For linguists, educators, students of Australian Indigenous culture, and Taungurung community members alike, this work is an indispensable bridge between past and future — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the world's wisdom still waits to be reclaimed.