Talking Language with Ernie DingoStagione 1

Ernie Dingo traces the importance of languages to Indigenous culture in Australia. There are around 250 Aboriginal languages with 600 dialects spoken in Australia. But it's thought only thirty of those languages are spoken each day, while over one hundred are critically endangered.

Dove guardare Talking Language with Ernie Dingo • Stagione 1

6 Episodi

Bunduk Marika
E1
Bunduk MarikaErnie visits an old friend in Yirrkala in Northeast Arnhem Land. Bunduk discusses the importance oral language has on the creation and maintenance of local histories, her art, and ultimately Yolngu identity.
Tom Trevorrow
E2
Tom TrevorrowErnie travels to the Coorong in South Australia to meet Ngarrindjeri Elder, Tom Trevorrow. He experiences first-hand the impact that colonisation and environmental change have on language.
Vicki Couzens
E3
Vicki CouzensErnie meets Vicki Couzens, descendant of the Gunditjmara and Kirrae Whurrong clans. Vicki is dedicated to language revival and discusses the importance that museums and archival material play in reinvigorating language and culture for her community.
Margaret Kemarre (MK) Turner
E4
Margaret Kemarre (MK) TurnerErnie travels north east of Alice Springs to Harts Range in the Northern Territory tomeet MK Turner. For Ernie, the opportunity to be with MK provides a rare opportunity to hear, see, feel and understand the language of her country.
Pansey Cheedy
E5
Pansey CheedyErnie travels to Roebourne community to meet Pansey Cheedy, one of over 300 Yinjibarndi speakers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. He also visits the local radio station and archiving project to learn how language is preserved in Roebourne.
Bill Harney
E6
Bill HarneyErnie travels west of Katherine in the Northern Territory to visit Wardaman Elder, Bill Harney. 80 to 100 people speak and understand the Wardaman language and Bill is the last gully initiated Lawman of his country.