Partulyayimarta : Ngarla birds / by Nyapiri Alexander 'Sandy' Brown ; compiled by Larissa Brown, Jessica Mathie and Peter Hill ; in consultation with Brian Geytenbeek
- Bib ID:
- 6445954
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brown, Nyapiri Alexander, 1930-2010, author
- Description:
-
- South Hedland, WA : Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre, 2016
- ©2016
- 152 pages : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 18 x 26 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781921970054 (paperback)
- Summary:
-
"The information on birds presented in this book was recorded by the Ngarla elder Nyapiri Alexander 'Sandy' Brown with the help of his liguist friend Brian Geytenbeek. This book documents an Aboriginal way of identifying, naming and classifying birds, and also provides additional cultural and linguistic information. The scientific names and common English names of each bird are also presented along with many illustrative photographs."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliography (page 151) and index of Ngarla bird names, index of English common names, index of scientific bird names.
- Subject:
-
- Birds -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Identification
- Birds -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Classification
- Ngarla language
- Ngarla language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Pilbara -- Languages
- Australian languages -- Western Australia -- Pilbara
- Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
- Animals - Birds
- Language - Vocabulary - Animal names
- Stories and motifs - Birds
- Ngarla language (W40) (WA SF50-04)
- Ngarla language W40
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2016
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Nganiman, yularri : a Ngarla wordlist with sounds and pictures / [compiled by Colletta Cooke]
- [Biographical cuttings on Ngaria Kunoth, actress, nun and foster parent, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
- Finite verbs in Ngarla (Pama-Nyungan, Ngayarta) / Tobjörn Westerlund
- Ngarla-English dictionary / Alexander Brown & Brian Geytenbeek
- Ngarla numbers / [Gladys Leake, Clarry Smith ; illustrated by Michelle Riley]