Word Up

Language legend Jade McHughes shares the Ngarrindjeri word for 'fire'.

Word Up's language legend this month is Ngarrindjeri woman Jade McHughes. This week, Jade shares the Ngarrindjeri word for a big and beautiful ocean mammal, a whale.

Marie Mudgedell and Lloyd Mudgedell both share words in their language; Ngardi.

Marie Mudgedell shares some Ngardi language from the Tanami and Great Sandy Desert.

Patrick Smith shares some  Ngardi language from the Tanami and Great Sandy Desert.

Llyod Mudgedell shares some Ngardi language from the Tanami and Great Sandy Desert.

Larrakia-Gulumoerrgin woman Lorraine Williams shares the Gulumoerrgin word for 'magpie goose'.

Larrakia-Gulumoerrgin woman, Lorraine Williams is a cultural advisor, ethnobotanists and this month's language legend.  This week she shares the Gulumoerrgin word for 'water lilly'.

Larrakia-Gulumoerrgin woman and cultural advisor, Lorraine Williams is our latest language legend. This week she shares the Gulumoerrgin word for 'dragonfly'.

This month's language legend is Larrakia-Gulumoerrgin woman and ethnobotanist, Lorraine Williams. In this episode, Lorraine shares the Gulumoerrgin word for the sun.

This month's language legend is Larrakia-Gulumoerrgin woman and ethnobotanist, Lorraine Williams. In this episode, Lorraine shares the Gulumoerrgin word for a vital resource, fresh water.

This week, language worker Daisy Allen shares the palawa kani word for an adorable but devious Tasmanian marsupial.

This week, language worker Daisy Allen shares the palawa kani word for Cape Portland, located near the north-eastern tip of Tasmania.

Daisy Allen from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre shares the palawa kani name for Tasmania.

For Word Up this month, language worker Daisy Allen from lutruwita/Tasmania shares a little bit of her language, palawa kani. This week, Daisy shares the name for a river reed used in weaving.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. Heather explains how the idea of yothu meaning ‘child’ and yindi meaning ‘mother’ are intertwined.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. This week she shares how to ask a person's name in Yolngu Matha.

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. This week she shares how to introduce yourself in Yolgnu Matha. 

Heather Mitjangba Burarrwanga is a Yolgnu woman from Galiwinku/Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land, and a senior cultural tutor at NAISDA Dance College. For Word Up, she shares the Yolgnu word for 'butterfly'.

Kankawa Nagarra discusses the important connection between First Nations peoples and our lands.

Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra shares the words for grandchild.

Gospel singer and language legend Kankawa Nagarra shares the Gooniyandi word for 'river'.

Gospel and blues singer-songwriter Kankawa Nagarra pays tribute to her daughters on Word Up this week.

Walmajarri, Gooniyandi and Bunuba Elder Kankawa Nagarra shares the traditional name for an important place on Gooniyandi Country in the central Kimberley region in Western Australia

Singer-songwriter Kankawa Nagarra shares some Gooniyandi language to get reacquainted on Word Up.