Narungga
Narungga is the language of the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. It lies across St Vincent Gulf west of Kaurna country, and immediately south of Nukunu country.
Narungga's closest neighbours, Kaurna and Nukunu, are also closely related languages.
AIATSIS id : L.01
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Adjabdurah, Adjadura, Adjahdurah, Adjahdural, Moor-in-nunjie, Murinandji, Nanunga, Naranga, Narangga, Narangga, Narranga, Narrangga, Narranggu, Narrang-gu, Narrangu, Narrang-u, Narrunga, Narunga, Nharangka, Turra, Wallaroo tribe.
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Reclamation and reinstatement of Narungga language 2005-2006
The purpose of this project was to extend the available resources for community learning of the Narungga language.
Narungga Language Development Projects 2006-2009
During this period several projects were undertaken aiming to support the use of the Narungga language.
Narungga Language Development and Studies Resources 2009-2011
Development of resources, training of community members and partnerships with agencies aimed to foster the revival of Narungga language.
DECS Teacher Training 2009
The Department of Environment and Community Services has been engaging in the rraining of language teachers for Narungga.
Narungga Aboriginal Progress Association
18 Caroline St, Maitland SA 5573
(08) 8832 3047
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Reclamation and reinstatement of Narungga language 2005-2006
The purpose of this project was to extend the available resources for community learning of the Narungga language. The publication of an adult Narungga language dictionary, children's illustrated Narungga language dictionary and a series of 9 childrens Narungga language readers was also undertaken.
The project was funded by DEWHA’s Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records (MILR) program and Cultural Strategic Initiatives fund.
Narungga Language Development Projects 2006-2009
During this period several projects were undertaken aiming to enable Narungga peoples to speak their language by reconstructing and teaching the language, and to promote the use of the Narungga language in family and community life, to produce and publish learning resources and support community based activities that promote teaching and learning of the language, and to facilitate community based activities that focus on the teaching and learning of the Narungga language pertinent to the Yorke Peninsula region.
The project was funded by DEWHA’s Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records (MILR) program and Cultural Strategic Initiatives fund.
Narungga Language Development and Studies Resources 2009-2011
Projects have been undertaken aiming: to formulate and implement a strategy to extend community use of the language resources, train more community members to speak Narungga, and assist families to increase their use of Narungga in daily life, to produce a second edition of Narungga Language CD-Rom, to publish a book of speeches in Narungga and a booklet of Narungga traditional family terms. These projects will also support DECS in their development of a school curriculum for the teaching of Narungga language.
In 2010-2011, efforts have aimed to accelerate revival of the Narungga language through partnerships, and to increase the number of speakers and teachers.
These projects were funded by DEWHA’s Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records (MILR) program and Cultural Strategic Initiatives fund.
DECS Teacher Training 2009
The Department of Environment and Community Services has been engaging in the training of language teachers for Narungga.
DISCLAIMER:
The locations of the languages of SA, as stated on the this website, are based on the 1994 AIATSIS published Horton map. They are not intended for Land Claim use, and are an approximate guide only. Individual language project locations are based on information from publicly available MILR (ILS) documents.