I would very much like to learn the Luritja language. I have a good
learner's guide to the structure and grammar of the Luritja language, also a
simple Picture Dictionary.
(https://iadpress.com/shop/a-learners-guide-to-pintupi-luritja/)
(https://iadpress.com/shop/luritja-picture-dictionary/)
Unfortunately my attempt at learning the language has hit a brick wall. One
difficulty is my being a couple of thousand kilometres from those who speak the
language in the Western Desert. More importantly I have not been able to obtain
any recordings of the spoken language that would aid the learning of Luritja.
Since I didn't have the necessary resources for Luritja, I turned to the
local language of the Gumbaynggir
people here at Nambucca Heads, NSW, Australia. But a similar problem: a good
grammar book and dictionary (http://www.muurrbay.org.au/languages/gumbaynggirr/),
but no audio available for learning the language. There are a quite a few sound
recordings listed on the Murrbay Language web site. But on enquiring about the
availability of recordings to aid learning of the language I was directed to several
recorded interviews on the local radio station. These are quite useless for
serious study of the language. Quite disappointing.
Perhaps you can help
me?
Links to resources,
particularly audio, for either language would be appreciated.
