Noongar pronunciation guide: Boodja (Country)

Noongar pronunciation guide

Aug 25 2022 | 00:02:51

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Show Notes

In this episode, Jayden Boundry shares the Noongar words for Boodja — the country and landscape, including tree, moon and ocean.

Get your copy of Noongar Boodja Waangkan and read along as you learn the Noongar words for:

Sky
River
Rock
Earth
Sun
Moon
Star
Ocean
Cloud
Tree
Wind
Rain
Hills
Rainbow
Waterhole
Flower

Recorded and produced by Ryan Gibson.

This guide was produced in Walyalup in Wadjuk Boodja, on the lands of the Noongar people.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 0 00:00:01 Young girl, Jayden boundary. Hello. My name is Jayden boundary. I'm here to share with you some <inaudible> language and we're gonna be talking about Boger. Boger means country BJA, Boger, India, Voyager country, land war, world war, sky Belia Belia Belia river Boer Boer Boer rock Boer, Boer, Boer country earth NA NA none son mem me mug, gender Speaker 1 00:01:18 Star Speaker 0 00:01:20 Warran Speaker 1 00:01:22 MABA Speaker 0 00:01:23 Court warran Mamba court warran Mamba court, ocean Kuda, Kuda Kuda cloud born, born born tree Speaker 1 00:01:48 Ma ma ma Speaker 0 00:01:54 Wind world war, world. Right hard Garda Garda hu Wigan, Wigan, Wigan, rainbow Nama, Nama, Nama water hole, get jet jet flower. This is the language that we use for a lot of the things that are on this country. Voya. So thank you. I hope you've learned border one.

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