ABORIGINAL NATIONS/LANGUAGES IN NSW & ACT

Githabul Say hello in Language! Ngarabal GOLD Warwick COAST Wadigali Karenggapa Tweed Heads BARKINDJI Bundjalung • Hello/welcome: Ngayi Gunu • Let's go/goodbye: Yerrabi Lightning Ridge Tenterfield Moree Lismore Bourke BUNDJALUNG Malyangaba Bandjigali Walgett Inverell Ya mba Kamilaroi Grafton • Hello: Jingiwallah Barundji All the best: Yow ay White Cliffs Narrabri • • Thank you. Boogelbah or Bugalwan NSW is made Wandjiwalgu Wailwan Nganyaywana Coffs Harbour up of around Coonamble Nambucca Heads different Armidale 70 Wiljali Coonabarabran DHARUG Aboriginal nations, Tamworth Dhanggati Broken Hill Wongaibon Hello/good to see you: Warami each with their Kempsey • own language or Gilgandra • Goodbye/to go: Ya nu language group. Biripi Port Menindee Macquarie Dubbo Scone Barindji Taree DHURGA Danggali Ivanhoe Muswellbrook Forster-Tuncurry Maitland • Hello/Goodbye (We hope you had/have a safe journey): Walawaani Barkindji NEWCASTLE Yitha Orange Darkinyung Meru Yitha Bathurst Hawkesbury CENTRAL KAMILAROI/ Berri West Wyalong COAST Madi Katoomba SYDNEY • Hello: Ya a ma Latji Madi Hay • How are you: Yaamagara nginda Nari Dharug • Goodbye: Baayadhu Latji Nari Gundungurra WOLLONGONG Dadi Wadi Wadi Goulburn Bowral Dadi Wagga Wagga WIRADJURI Ngunawal Wemba Wemba Deniliquin Dharawal • Are you well?: Yamandhu marang CANBERRA Dhurga • Yes I am well: Ngawa baladhu marang Albury Ulladulla Echuca Cummeragunja • Goodbye friend: Yanhanhadu mudyi Baraba Wo d o ng a Prior to 1788 over 700 Baraba different languages were spoken Wangaratta Currently there are over Shepparton across . Yorta Yorta Cooma 500 words, from Aboriginal and Learn more about Torres Strait Islander languages across Aboriginal Nations/Languages Ngurraiillam Yaitmathang Australia that are commonly used in the in NSW & ACT at Bega English language and this number SchoolsReconciliationChallenge.org.au Waywurru continues to grow. Eden Bidwell For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, language is not merely a means of communication, it is an important medium through which culture is carried. Aboriginal languages are at high risk of becoming lost. Everyone can play a role in revitalising these languages by learning and using them.