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Hopevale
Hope Vale (also known as Hopevale) is a town within the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and a coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook, both in Queensland, Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the , the locality of Hope Vale had a population of 1,015 people. Geography Hope Vale is on Cape York Peninsula about northwest of Cooktown, Queensland, Cooktown by road, and about off the Battlecamp Road that leads to Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park, Rinyirru National Park and Laura, Queensland, Laura. History Guugu Yimithirr language, Guugu Yimithirr (also known as Koko Yindjir, Gugu Yimidhirr, Guguyimidjir) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Hope Vale and the Cooktown, Queensland, Cooktown area. The language region includes the local government area of the Aboriginal Shire of Hope Vale and the Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Cape Bedford Mission, Cape Bedford, Battle Camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guugu Yimithirr Language
Guugu Yimithirr, also rendered Guugu Yimidhirr, Guguyimidjir, and many other spellings, is an Australian Aboriginal languages, Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Guugu Yimithirr people of Far North Queensland. It belongs to the Pama-Nyungan language family. Most of the speakers today live at the community of Hopevale, Queensland, Hope Vale, about from Cooktown. However, only about half of the Guugu Yimithirr nation speak the language. As such, efforts are being made to teach it to children. Guugu Yimithirr is the source language of the word ''kangaroo'' (from [gaŋuru]). Name The word means 'speech, language', while (or ) means -having, being the word for 'this'. The use of the word , rather than some other word for "this", was seen as a distinctive feature of Guugu Yimithirr. The element and the practice of naming based on some distinctive word is found in many other languages. The name has many spelling variants, including Gogo-Yimidjir, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
