Dharawal Language, Culture App vs Wemba Wemba Usage & Stats
The Dharawal Language and Culture App provides an opportunity to learn about the rich Aboriginal culture of Sydney, in the palm of your hands.
What is Dharawal
In the 1860’s Turuwul (now pronounced Dharawal) was described as The language of the now extinct tribe of Port Jackson and Botany Bay (from John Malone, a half-caste, whose mother was of that tribe) and was the first known Aboriginal language name for the greater Sydney area.
Dharawal is also the name for the Cabbage Tree Palm, the overarching spirit ancestor (totem) for people that speak the Dharawal language and belong to the Dharawal nation.
In traditional culture there were many variants of language spoken within a cultural area including men or women’s version, clan group versions, children language and secret language to name a few. The clan groups such as Gadigal, Birrabirragal, Bidiagal, Cobragal and Gweagal all spoke the overarching language belonging to their cultural area, Dharawal.
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This app is an introduction to the Wemba Wemba language of north-western Victoria, Australia. The content in this App was developed by Grade 1 students from the Swan Hill Primary School Wemba Wemba class of 2014, in partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages and the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc.
With the use of this App, our community is able to learn the language of this country and connect further with our culture to strengthen the revival of the Wemba Wemba language.
Language Speakers
Aunty Stephanie Charles & Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir (Wemba Wemba Descendents)
This ‘touch and listen’ app includes:
- 229 professionally recorded audio entries for language learning
- 229 corresponding images and words
- A variety of categories including body parts, family & people, animals, counting, placenames, birds, objects and more
- Easy to use swipe and zoom interface
Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre is a not-for-profit organization supporting language documentation and conservation programs nationally and internationally. Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre are the developers of the internationally recognized and highly acclaimed Miromaa language technology program which is used for the documentation, conservation and dissemination of our traditional language.
Please contact the Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre for more information on using this app template for your own mother tongue language in a learning application. The data within this app is derived from the Miromaa software program.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
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Dharawal Language, Culture App VS. 
Wemba WembaDecember 12, 2024