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‘Weather magic’ and wind lore: the push to preserve ancient knowledge in Vanuatu ‘Talking dictionaries’ among the tools used by researchers to document languages and record Indigenous environmental knowledge

After recent heavy rainfall, waterfalls have formed on Uluru 😍🌧️🫶🏾 🎥 Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park Rangers

it’s not everyday we get a chance to work in the incredible city of Tucson

“Gude na Halo”

Today we celebrate International Day of Mother Tongue.

Papua New Guinea is the most linguistically diverse country in the world with a record 840 languages are spoken in PNG. Tok Pisin and Hiri Motu being the most used.

Did you know?
🔸 Madang uses 173 languages – making it the province with the highest number of languages. Some of these languages have less than 1000 speakers.

🔸The language of Rotokas in North Bougainville, is known to have only 11 letters. This makes it the smallest alphabet.

Below is a link to a map outlining where different languages are located across PNG.
https://www.muturzikin.com/cartesoceanie/oceanie2.htm

Wishing you a very Murri Christmas. Love to you, your family and blessings for the year ahead. See you in 2024!!!