Episode 97
Woiwurrung language
Tue, 2017-Aug-08 12:47 UTC
Length - 2:19
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Our random article today is Woiwurrung language.
Woiwurrung (sometimes spelt Woiwurrong, Woiworung, Wuywurung) is an Indigenous Australian language spoken by the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation of Central Victoria, from Mount Baw Baw in the east to Mount Macedon, Sunbury and Gisborne in the west. The language remains, but is not widely known or spoken due to the impact of colonisation.
The Woiwurrung clans inhabited the Yarra River, called Birrarung in Woiwurrung, before European displacement. Each tribe has its own distinct territory and boundary usually determined by waterways. The clans include:
The Wurrundjeri-Willam, who occupied the Yarra River and its tributaries and inhabited the area now covered by the city of Melbourne. Referred to initially by Europeans as the Yarra tribe.
The Marin-Bulluk
The Kurung Jang Balluk
The Wurundjeri Balluk
The Balluk Willam
The Gunung Willam Balluk
The Talling Willam
Although not all Woiwurrung descendants and Woiwurrung speakers are descendents of the Wurundjeri people, Wurundjeri has become one of the common terms used today for descendants of all the Woiwurrung tribes, as they were forced together for the survival of their ethnic group. Their totems are Bunjil the eagle and Waa the crow.
The Jindyworobak Movement claimed to have taken their name from a Woiwurrung phrase jindi worobak meaning to annex or join.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 12:47 UTC on Tuesday, 08 August 2017.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woiwurrung_language.
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