Word Up

Word Up: Jeanine Leane 20.11.2021 7:44 ↓

Learning Wiradjuri has helped Jeanine Leane process some of the things that have happened to her, and her people. 

Word Up: Kaelene McMillan 13.11.2021 5:36 ↓

Kaelene McMillan shares three Adnyamathna words, including the word for 'rainbow'.

Word Up: Angela Giles 06.11.2021 4:44 ↓

Growing up Angela Giles would often need to blend Ngarrindjeri with English, but over the years she's been building her vocabulary.

Word Up: Dwayne Wyles 30.10.2021 6:25 ↓

Dwyane Wyles shares some Warrgamay words about kinship.

Word Up: Aunty Kerry Charlton 23.10.2021 6:32 ↓

Aunty Kerry Charlton shares some words in Yuggera language, including one for an iconic Australian bird.

Word Up: Yinin Dhurrkay 16.10.2021 9:04 ↓

Yinin Dhurrkay is a language worker, respected elder, and dancer from Yolŋu country.

Word Up: Angelina Karadada Boona 09.10.2021 6:08 ↓

Angelina Karadada Boona shares some of her language — Wunambal — and explains why all her paintings are of Wandjina.

Word Up: Corey Webster 02.10.2021 5:12 ↓

Corey Webster — or Nooky as he's known to fans of Australian hip hop — shares three of his favourite words from his language, Dhurga of the Yuin Nation.

Word Up: Marie Munkara 25.09.2021 9:13 ↓

Award winning author Marie Munkara explains some of the complexities of Rembarranga and shares a few of her words.

Word Up: Gulwanyang Moran 18.09.2021 5:37 ↓

Gulwanyang Moran has been following in her mother's footsteps, learning and sharing their language — Gathang.

Word Up: Latisha Harris 11.09.2021 6:06 ↓

Latisha Harris says hearing elders speaking Wiradjuri with love and ease ignited her passion for learning language.

Word Up: Paul Collis 04.09.2021 6:45 ↓

Paul Collis shares some Barkindji words that demonstrate the beauty of his country, and his culture.

Word Up: Bon'Naia Hinton 28.08.2021 6:44 ↓

For Bon'Naia Hinton the pronunciation and tone of Kuku Yalanji is almost melodic.

Word Up: Toby Adams 21.08.2021 9:26 ↓

Toby shares some Kullilli words that really capture his passion for language revitalisation.

Word Up: Loren Ryan 14.08.2021 4:49 ↓

There's a word in the Gamilaraay language that muso Loren Ryan loves so much, that she wrote a song about it.

Word Up: Penelope Towney 07.08.2021 6:25 ↓

Seven-year-old shares three words from her grandmother’s language, palawa kani — the reconstructed language of First Nations mob in Tasmania.

Word Up: Lou Bennett 31.07.2021 5:46 ↓

For Lou Bennett, the power of language is not so much in individual words but in the phrase.

Word Up: Emily Ford 24.07.2021 8:06 ↓

Growing up Emily spoke four languages including Mak Mak Marranunggu — her maternal great-grandfather’s language.

Word Up: Lillie Madden 17.07.2021 4:43 ↓

Lillie Madden shares some of her grandmother’s language and explains why she’ll never be a turtle diver like her cousins.

Word Up: the places that name us 10.07.2021 4:10 ↓

Did you know you’re speaking an Indigenous language when you say many Australian place names?

Word Up: Healing words 03.07.2021 3:17 ↓

From Gunai to Gunggandji we revisit some healing words we've learnt over the past three years.

Word Up: Molly Hunt 26.06.2021 6:52 ↓

Molly Hunt shares some important Kwini words to know if you're ever visiting her hometown of Wyndham, WA.

Word Up: Alan Pigram Jr 19.06.2021 5:59 ↓

Yawuru country takes in the land and waters around Broome and Roebuck in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Word Up: Mitch Tambo 12.06.2021 5:59 ↓

Gamilaraay singer Mitch Tambo shares some of his language, including a few words you might hear in his songs.

Word Up: Baden Hitchcock 05.06.2021 7:04 ↓

We head to Papua New Guinea with Bangarra's Baden Hitchcock for a special international episode of Word Up.