Nine to twelve languages were spoken throughout Tasmania prior to colonisation. This greeting in melukerdee language has been created by the SETAC.

 

 

Voices of Aboriginal Tasmania

Voices_of_Aboriginal_Tasmania_ningenneh_tunapry_education_guide.pdf

Aboriginal Languages of Tasmania

https://www.dnathan.com/VL/index.php?language=56

palawa kani, the only Aboriginal language in lutruwita today

http://tacinc.com.au/programs/palawa-kani/

A word-list of the Tasmanian Aboriginal languages / N.J.B. Plomley.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8534842?q&versionId=46143141

Aboriginal and Dual Naming Policy – A policy for the naming of Tasmanian geographic places and features 2019

http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/463600/Aboriginal_and_Dual_Naming_Policy_2019.pdf

Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre pushes for Burnie to adopt pataway as dual name
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6291418/the-pataway-plan-dual-name-pitched-for-burnie/?fbclid=IwAR3LDtTUFaXiJv3TR4wSl6z7reXviS79lUe34wVC-n6_JxHFYNX0MFu41FU

Pronunciation of placenames in palawa kani

pataway - (pah tah why) – Burnie
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1-pataway-BURNIE-CITY-AT-BLACKMAN-POINT-NW-POINT-EMU-BAY.wav

pinmatik - (peen mah teek) / Rocky Cape
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2-pinmatik-ROCKY-CAPE.wav

munatrik - (mu nah treek) / Stanley The Nut (Circular Head)
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/3-munatrik-STANLEY-THE-NUT.mp3

titima - (tee tee mah)/Trefoil Island
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/4-titima-TREFOIL-ISLAND.mp3

pilri - (peel ree)/Cape Grim
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5-pilri-CAPE-GRIM.mp3

pilitika - (pee lee tee kah)/Robbins Island
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/6-pilitika-ROBBINS-ISLAND.mp3

luwuka - (lu wu kah)/‘Suicide Bay’
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/7-luwuka-SUICIDE-BAY.mp3

ranamitim - (rah nah mee teem)/The Doughboys
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/8-ranamitim-DOUGHBOYS.mp3

taypalaka - (tie pah lah kah)/Green Point
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/9-taypalaka-GREEN-POINT.mp3

nungu - (nu ngu)/West Point
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/10-nungu-WEST-POINT.mp3

muntarikawtim - (mun tah ree cow teem)/Bluff Hill Point
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/11-muntarikawtim-BLUFF-HILL-POINT.mp3

namuruwatim - (nah mu ru wah teem)/small river before Arthur River
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12-namuruwatim-SMALL-RIVER-ON-KINGS-RUN.mp3

maytim - (my teem)/Arthur River
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/13-maytim-ARTHUR-RIVER.mp3

laraturunawn - (lah rah tu ru nown)/Sundown Point
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/14-laraturunawn-SUNDOWN-POINT.mp3

muntrikawripa - (mun tree cow ree pah)/Sandy Cape
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/15-muntrikawripa-SANDY-CAPE.mp3

takayna - (tah kye nah)/The Tarkine
https://tacinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/16-takayna-TARKINE.mp3