Aboriginal language is deeply connected to identity, culture, and connection to land through kinship, and each language is specific to a particular place and people.
‘Worimi’ is hello in Dharug language. Watch this video on ABC NSW, Dharug Language Lesson with Aunty Jacinta Tobin, 11 January 2017. (ABC News - Dharug language lesson: 'Hello', 2017)
Learn and explore
- You can explore the map and find out what language they speak in your country.
- What is the Aboriginal word for hello in your country?
- Revitalisation of languages is also happening in a 50 Word Project at Creative Spirits which identifies language revitalisation from Awabal, Gomeroi (Gamilaraay), Gumbaynggir and Kooma Guwamu.