Noongar pronunciation guide: Koorliny (Moving)

Noongar pronunciation guide

Aug 25 2022 | 00:02:30

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Show Notes

In this episode, Jayden Boundry shares the Noongar words for Koorliny — the movements and actions we do, including dance, listen, and eat.

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

Sit
Stand
Run
See
Swim
Play
Listen
Hear
Hit
Dance
Jump
Drink
Sing
Laugh
Cry
Talk
Eat
Sleep

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 Claire young coral, Jayden boundary. Hello. My name is Jayden boundary and I'm here to teach you some more on our words. We're going to be learning about crawling, moving or move coral. Nin yin yin sit. Y Y Y stand Ja Jacque Jacque run. Jan Jan Jan, Saint chipper. Jole chipper. Jole Gier Jole swim. W w w play knee, knee, knee, listen. Wrong. Courage. Wrong courage. Wrong courage here. Bomb bomb bomb hit middle mirror MI dance bar bar bar jump du drink. Warga Warga sing co co co laugh, laughing, wild wilding, wilding, cry crying. One, one <inaudible> Wongan talk. No, no, no. Eat. No at no, no at no, no at no sleep. These are the words that we use for some of our movements, younger border on.

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