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The Council's primary role is to assist the Noongar people with native title claims and Indigenous land use agreements. [4] It also helps support Noongar culture and heritage, [4] and publishes the Kaartdijin Noongar ("Noongar Knowledge") website. [5]
At the time of European settlement, the Yued language was one of the 13 dialects of the Noongar language. [citation needed] The Yued language specifically belongs to Djiralay (northern dialect), one of the three main dialect groups within the wider Noongar region. The other two are Kongal-Boyal (south-eastern dialect) and Kongal-Marawar (south ...
[a] The Noongar people refer to their land as Noongar boodja. [b] [3] The members of the collective Noongar cultural bloc descend from people who spoke several languages and dialects that were often mutually intelligible. [citation needed] What is now classified as the Noongar language is a member of the large Pama–Nyungan language family
The Noongar Language and Culture Centre was set up at the Bunbury Aboriginal Progress Association in 1986, and grew to include offices in Northam and Perth. Authors such as Charmaine Bennell have released several books in the language. [26] Educators Glenys Collard and Rose Whitehurst started recording elders speaking using Noongar language in ...
Due to the Noongar language having several dialects, the Wagyl is referred to by different groups by different names. Varieties include Waugal, Waagal, Wargyl, Waakal, Waakle, Woggal, Wogal, Waagle, Warrgul and Warkal. In the Wiilman Noongar dialect, the Wagyl is called the Ngunnunguddy Gnuditj (meaning 'hairy-faced snake'). [2]
Noongarpedia is a collaborative project to add Noongar language content to Wikimedia projects and to improve all languages' content relating to Noongar topics. It is being driven by an Australian Research Council project from the University of Western Australia and Curtin University, in collaboration with Wikimedia Australia.
Njakinjaki traditional territory embraced some 12,000 square miles (31,000 km 2) of land.They were east of Lake Grace, at Newdegate, Mount Stirling, Bruce Rock, Kellerberrin, and Merredin.
Noongar people believe that the Waugal rose from Ga-Ra-Katta (Mount Eliza escarpment) and formed the Derbarl Yerrigan and the Djarlgarro Beelier (the Swan River and the Canning River). [15] The Waugal is the major spirit for Noongar people and is a Rainbow Serpent , a snakelike Dreamtime creature, recognised as the giver of life.