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Ngarrkic Languages
The Ngarrkic (Ngarga) or Yapa languages are a small language family of Central Australia, consisting of the two closely related languages Warlmanpa language, Warlmanpa and the more populous Warlpiri language, Warlpiri. The family was named after the common word for ''initiated man'' in the member languages, ngarrka (). Ngarga is an older spelling. In about 2000 an alternate name was suggested, yapa, based on the word for ''aboriginal man'' in the two languages. In 2004 it was demonstrated that Ngarrkic is related to the neighboring Ngumpin languages. Footnotes References *McConvell and Laughren (2004) "The Ngumpin–Yapa subgroup". In Claire Bowern & Harold Koch, ''Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method.'' Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. *Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). ''Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ngarrkic languages, Indigenous Australian languages in the No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Australia
Central Australia, also sometimes referred to as the Red Centre, is an inexactly defined region associated with the geographic centre of Australia. In its narrowest sense it describes a region that is limited to the town of Alice Springs and its immediate surrounds including the MacDonnell Ranges. In its broadest use it can include almost any region in inland Australia that has remained relatively undeveloped, and in this sense is synonymous with the term Outback. Centralia is another term associated with the area, most commonly used by locals. As described by Charles Sturt in one of the earlier uses of the term "A veil hung over Central Australia that could neither be pierced or raised. Girt round about by deserts, it almost appeared as if Nature had intentionally closed it upon civilized man, that she might have one domain on the earth's wide field over which the savage might roam in freedom." In a modern, more formal sense it can refer to the administrative region used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |