The team behind Shabdakalpa, anchored at the School of Cultural Texts and Records in Jadavpur University, believes that it would be the first historical dictionary for a non-Latin script, tracing the ...
The dictionary uses the Cundeelee Wangka language, a dialect of Pitjantjatjarra It contains 3,500 words A second edition is already in development and will include an additional 8,000 words The ...
Gija elder Shirley Purdie likes the naughty words in her ancient language. She admits they can be used to keep misbehaving children in line. ''Funny sort of words … a bit sweary … that say, 'you're no ...