New Release

Warumungu the language spoken in and around Tennant Creek has lent its name (in other spellings) to a suburb of Canberra and a battleship.

• Honour roll of all Aboriginal people from Central Australia who have served in the armed services • Eight testimonies from Central Australian ex-servicemen • World War II in pictures • Vietnam campaign in pictures.

• four full-colour maps that show the main languages and dialects spoken in different parts of Central Australia and how they relate to each other. • a list of Aboriginal communities and their locations • commonly used in alternative community names • a guide to the pronunciation of each language name • the number of speakers of each language and a guide to which languages are in daily use.

Land, kinship and people hold country together. Kinship connects everything together, kinship is the roots and veins of land and life. Language is the custodian and soul of the land. Language identifies who you are, what we do. Elders hold sacredness of the land. This is true for every Aboriginal community.

This newly reprinted edition of Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara learners guide has just arrived at IAD Press.

Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara are strong languages, spoken every day by about 1600 people in Central Australia. Most speakers live on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara freehold lands in the northwest of South Australia, or just over the borders in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara-speaking communities include Mutitjulu, Utju (Areyonga), Fregon, Pukatja (Ernabella), Indulkana, Watarrka (Kings Canyon), Wingellina, Kaltukatjara (Docker River) and Tanytjipa (Oodnadatta), Coober Pedy, Port Augusta and Yalata.

The Warumungu Picture Dictionary is part of an innovative series of illustrated Aboriginal language dictionaries. This picture dictionary is a valuable resource for school children and their teachers, for Warumungu speakers wanting to learn Warumungu literacy, and for anyone wanting to learn about the Warumungu language of Central Australia.

The Western Arrarnta language, is spoken every day by about 1500 people in Central Australia. Most speakers live west of Alice Springs. Western Arrarnta -speaking communities include Ntaria (Hermannsberg), Gilbert Springs, Kulpitarra, Ipolera, Undarana, Wallace Rockhole, Red Sand Hill, and Ilmanta (Running Water).