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Welcome to Kunwok!

This site hosts materials to support learning of the Bininj Kunwok language of Kakadu and West Arnhem, Australia. It has been created by learners for learners. We focus on Kunwinjku, the main dialect, spoken in Gunbalanya.

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

Learning

• Lessons
• Podcasts
• Pronunciation Drills
• Phrases
• Nouns
• Learning the Pronominal Prefixes
• Noun-Verb Constructions
• Pairs of Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• How to learn

Reference

• Pronunciation Guide
• Skin Names
• Kinship Diagram
• Incorporable Nouns
• Adjectives
• Pronominal Prefixes
• Table of Verbs
• Verb Conjugations
• Verbal Constructions
• 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.