Wow Arran.. I’m in awe of you and your devotion to learning dialect! thats unreal and so amazing to see.. Coming from a young Indigenous woman living here in northern nsw(Gomeroi/Gamilaraay tribe) I am connecting back to my country and learning the language myself, and it is super hard and takes alot of work, time and dedication! You should be very proud with your efforts, by learning language you open up doorways that allow deeper connections to First Nations and the lands beneath you.. super amazing to see, if ever we cross paths I’ll be sure to come say Yaama maliyaa (hello friend/mate) in Gamilaraay)
God damn, I have mad respect for you brother. My language for my people just north of the warlpiri people called Jingilu Mudburra. I can definitely hear similarities in your words. It’s amazing to see someone over seas studying one of the most ancient languages still around. May I ask how are you learning?
Thanks very much! I'm learning mostly just with RUclips/vimeo content -- heard the best way to learn a language is just to binge watch TV -- plus Yuendumu school have some online textbooks. There are also some academic papers about Warlpiri out there which have been useful, though a bit harder to glean from
How impressive brought a smile to my face, I’m a Walpiri speaker as well my family expanding all over the west tanami, if you ever plan to visit I work for a company that’s does some volunteer work in Yuendumu 🙂 Also check out the Walpiri dictionary IAD press picture dictionary google will point you in the right direction.
Hi Aaran I ended up here after coming across Kenneth Hales name as an American Linguist who learnt the Warlpiri language and was accepted by the tribe. The Wiki post said he had twin sons that he taught Warlpiri to, and one of the sons spoke at his funeral in Warlpiri. I have family Warlpiri connection at Lajamanu and Yuendumu but I don’t speak the language having been raised in my early years by my Gardia father. My mob are Jaru & Ngardi. So anyway my question is did you end up visiting Australia and how was your trip to Yuendumu/Alice and your meet up with the people? Thanks for taking the time to learn our language and culture. Ps, Sorry, I apologise I didn’t see that you had written about Kenneth Hale before I wrote this message but assumed there was a connection since the search led me to you.)
Awesome, thanks! Always grateful to get feedback from the people who the language belongs to I'm actually staying near Yuendumu June and July this year (if all goes to plan)
Dang, you could have fooled me. I listened to one woman recount the day her clan first saw an English man and your rhythm, pauses and everything are eerily similar to hers. How did you pull this off? When you inevitably visit Australia you MUST put up a video of you conversing with a native speaker!
Thanks @Arm Sol, it's really just about binging online videos! Organisations like Red Dust and PAW Media have quite a lot of Warlpiri content on RUclips/vimeo, but textbook-like resources are still scarce. The language is actually the topic of my thesis so I've learned a fair bit from academic papers, but that's maybe not an ideal resource for actual language learning! If all goes to plan I'll hopefully be staying near Yuendumu this summer, so we'll see if I can post a video from there!
Nice to see a linguist getting into Australian languages. I noticed that you study many languages. Is there any evidence in language evolution which may support westward migration of some language, out of Australia, prior to British arrival? Or even from the ice age Sundah Peninsula and Sahul land mass? Westward travel across the Wallace line is relatively easy and Sundah was probably very heavily populated. It's submerging would have driven migration north and west I would think.
@@andrewjennings7306 I hope so too! It's a little harder right now, but once I'm back in Scotland I should get talking again with grannies at soup & sandwich events to learn more!
You must have black fulla in you
The home land always calls you back in ❤ keep up the Moorditj Work Ngoon 💕
Wow Arran.. I’m in awe of you and your devotion to learning dialect!
thats unreal and so amazing to see.. Coming from a young Indigenous woman living here in northern nsw(Gomeroi/Gamilaraay tribe) I am connecting back to my country and learning the language myself, and it is super hard and takes alot of work, time and dedication! You should be very proud with your efforts, by learning language you open up doorways that allow deeper connections to First Nations and the lands beneath you.. super amazing to see, if ever we cross paths I’ll be sure to come say Yaama maliyaa (hello friend/mate) in Gamilaraay)
Too deadly bro that's very good warlpiri I'm from willowra one of the four warlpiri communities in our warlpiri tribe 👍🏾💯💪🏾
I’ve never heard of this language before. Even though he’s still learning it still sounds beautiful.
As a Warlpiri men I like the way you pronouncing it well done on you.. pitjirdi nyaini karnpa wangka-mi Warlpiri-ji
God damn, I have mad respect for you brother.
My language for my people just north of the warlpiri people called Jingilu Mudburra.
I can definitely hear similarities in your words.
It’s amazing to see someone over seas studying one of the most ancient languages still around.
May I ask how are you learning?
Thanks very much! I'm learning mostly just with RUclips/vimeo content -- heard the best way to learn a language is just to binge watch TV -- plus Yuendumu school have some online textbooks. There are also some academic papers about Warlpiri out there which have been useful, though a bit harder to glean from
How impressive brought a smile to my face, I’m a Walpiri speaker as well my family expanding all over the west tanami, if you ever plan to visit I work for a company that’s does some volunteer work in Yuendumu 🙂
Also check out the Walpiri dictionary IAD press picture dictionary google will point you in the right direction.
Spectacular. From a Scottish-Australian.
Wow you speak better Warlpiri than I do. And that's my grandmother's language...
Well learn it
Hi Aaran I ended up here after coming across Kenneth Hales name as an American Linguist who learnt the Warlpiri language and was accepted by the tribe. The Wiki post said he had twin sons that he taught Warlpiri to, and one of the sons spoke at his funeral in Warlpiri. I have family Warlpiri connection at Lajamanu and Yuendumu but I don’t speak the language having been raised in my early years by my Gardia father. My mob are Jaru & Ngardi. So anyway my question is did you end up visiting Australia and how was your trip to Yuendumu/Alice and your meet up with the people? Thanks for taking the time to learn our language and culture. Ps, Sorry, I apologise I didn’t see that you had written about Kenneth Hale before I wrote this message but assumed there was a connection since the search led me to you.)
I’m watching from Yuendumu I like your Warlpiri
Amazing brother I'm a full blood Aboriginal man from central Australia northwest of Alice Springs warlpiri community call yuendumu
Awesome, thanks! Always grateful to get feedback from the people who the language belongs to
I'm actually staying near Yuendumu June and July this year (if all goes to plan)
Dang, you could have fooled me. I listened to one woman recount the day her clan first saw an English man and your rhythm, pauses and everything are eerily similar to hers. How did you pull this off? When you inevitably visit Australia you MUST put up a video of you conversing with a native speaker!
Thanks @Arm Sol, it's really just about binging online videos! Organisations like Red Dust and PAW Media have quite a lot of Warlpiri content on RUclips/vimeo, but textbook-like resources are still scarce. The language is actually the topic of my thesis so I've learned a fair bit from academic papers, but that's maybe not an ideal resource for actual language learning! If all goes to plan I'll hopefully be staying near Yuendumu this summer, so we'll see if I can post a video from there!
@@arranmacdonald1442 Ngajuju Warlpiri, Ngarnakurru wardingin..
Yuwayi..
"Yakarra, Pirjirdi ka wangka, manu jungani, yapa piya"
💯% 👍🤜🤛👏...
Nice to see a linguist getting into Australian languages. I noticed that you study many languages.
Is there any evidence in language evolution which may support westward migration of some language, out of Australia, prior to British arrival? Or even from the ice age Sundah Peninsula and Sahul land mass?
Westward travel across the Wallace line is relatively easy and Sundah was probably very heavily populated. It's submerging would have driven migration north and west I would think.
I’m living and working in Willowra. We actually sing that story at playgroup 😊
Amazing! Wasn't confident enough to sing it here... the playgroup kids probably have nicer voices than me!
Hello Arran
That was Really good
How did you decide to learn Warlpiri specifically? :)
Where did u find how to learn it?
Wow I never seen a white man speak that good on my language 🙂 I'm from nyirripi
Yakarrayi!
Nguju nyaini karnpa wangka-mi Warlpiri-ji purlka pinyi kana-ngu nyuntu ju yuwayi
Deadly!! Well you have friends now in Australia lol
wow I'm shocked
Sounds like Indonesian
As an Indonesian, it doesn't sound like Indonesian.
As a Warlpiri men I've heard that at school I had Indonesia teacher she said you sound just like me when you dragging the R
How many languages are u dabbling in?
More than I can feasibly maintain!
@@arranmacdonald1442 hope you keep up the gaelic. Thats what drew me to your channel lol.
@@andrewjennings7306 I hope so too! It's a little harder right now, but once I'm back in Scotland I should get talking again with grannies at soup & sandwich events to learn more!
Respect nyuntu ku, pirridji kanpa wangkami.
Yapa piya... ..yuwayi...
Feasgar math.
Halò!