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“Our languages still speak throughout this land.”

Bessie Holroyd and Amanda Hayman at the Community Language Recording Workshop in Weipa

Benjamin Giblet, Jennifer Creek, Faith Baisden, Lesley Clifford, Alisha Creed and Lynette Cockatoo at the Community Language Recording Workshop in Weipa

Lesley Clifford and Alisha Creed at the Community Language Recording Workshop in Weipa

William Brady, Mervin Wales, Robin Tobey, Lynette Cockatoo, Bessie Holroyd and Amanda Hayman at the Community Language Recording Workshop in Weipa

Jennifer Creek and Benjamin Giblet at the Community Language Recording Workshop in Weipa

Cape York Bama Languages Aboriginal Corporation

The Cape York Bama Languages Aboriginal Corporation covers an area of one hundred and fifty thousand kilometres. This extends from the tribal area of the Kuku Yalanji north of Cairns, from the east coast across through the land of the Kunjen and on to the country of the Kokoberra in the south west of Cape York. The area extends north from this to the tip of Cape York Peninsula.

The work of the Languages Corporation is aimed at empowering Indigenous people to hold onto their languages and culture. Its members work to preserve the cultural sensitivity of the region, and aim to build on this to achieve the best possible outcomes for their people.

Languages that are spoken or have been spoken in the area covered by this centre include:

  • Anggamudi
  • Kuku ya’u
  • Umpithamu 
  • Atambaya
  • Umplia 
  • Awualaya
  • Moorabalama
  • Gudang
  • Taepathigi
  • Warrangu
  • Kaantju
  • Thanikwithi
  • Kuku thaayorre
  • Tjungundji
  • Yadhaykkenu
  • Kuku thaypan
  • Umbuygamu
  • Yupangathi

The links provide the State Library of Queensland holdings on the subject.

Contact Cape York Bama Languages Aboriginal Corporation

Address: 69 Little Street Cairns 4870 
Phone: (07) 4032 0254

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Last updated: 18th October 2011

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