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Learn Kunwok!

Here are free materials for learning to speak Kunwinjku, the main dialect of Kunwok spoken in Gunbalanya. Closely related dialects are spoken in Jabiru and Maningrida, and further south in Bulman and Pine Creek.

These materials have been created by learners for learners, especially learners who come into regular contact with Bininj, the speakers of Kunwok.

Kakadu and West Arnhem Language Map, featuring the six dialects of Kunwok (purple)

Learning

• Getting Started
• Lessons
• Podcasts
• Pronunciation Drills
• Phrases
• Learning the Pronominal Prefixes
• Total Physical Response
• Skin Names
• Kinship Diagram
• How to learn

Reference

• Pronunciation Guide
• Nouns
• Incorporable Nouns
• Adjectives
• Pronominal Prefixes
• Table of Verbs
• Verb Conjugations
• Negation
• Noun-Verb Constructions
• Pairs of Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• Resources

Contribute

To post comments on these wiki pages, please sign up for an account using the link at the top right. If you would like to contribute to this site please email Steven Bird.

Credits

• The head image is from a painting by Gavin Namarnyilk, used with permission.
• The materials on this site have been compiled by Steven Bird and Alexandra Marley.