Word Up

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.

Word Up: Isaiah Dawes 29.05.2021 8:47 ↓

Isaiah shares three words from his grandmother’s language — Butchella.

Word Up: Shari Sebbens 22.05.2021 4:15 ↓

Shari Sebbens shares some Bardi language — her grandmother's language — including a word that means "your heart, your intuition, your spirit."

Word Up: Sandy Greenwood 15.05.2021 6:00 ↓

Actress Sandy Greenwood shares three Dunghutti words — and their Gumbayngirr and Bundjulung counterparts.

Word Up: Caroline Hughes 08.05.2021 7:47 ↓

Just two years ago there were only around 200 words in Ngunnawal language but now there’s ten times that.

Word Up: Brodie Murray 01.05.2021 3:39 ↓

Wamba Wamba country straddles both sides of the Murray River and takes in towns like Deniliquin in New South Wales and Swan Hill in Victoria.

Word Up: Rudi Bremer 24.04.2021 3:52 ↓

Since 2017 Rudi Bremer has been speaking to people across the country about their languages for Word Up and it's kid sister program Little Yarns on ABC kids Listen.

Word Up: Tilly Tjala Thomas 17.04.2021 3:52 ↓

From an early age Tilly began learning her Nukunu from her parents through games and walking on country.

Word Up: Tilly Tjala Thomas 17.04.2021 3:52 ↓

From an early age Tilly began learning her Nukunu from her parents through games and walking on country.

Word Up: Candace Kruger 10.04.2021 3:51 ↓

Yugambeh language comes from south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales — the Gold Coast, and my country - Tweed Heads.

Word Up: Delson Stokes 27.03.2021 6:04 ↓

Wongatha language is spoken around the Goldfields of Western Australia.