Aboriginal Words in Australian English
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Aboriginal Words in Australian English
At the bookshop
Omar and Anh are helping at a bookshop display about words used in Australian English. They make these word cards: • kangaroo — the name for a large hopping marsupial; the English word came from an Aboriginal language, though accounts of its exact language origin differ. • billabong — a waterhole or pool, often described as a cut-off bend of a river; the word comes from an Aboriginal language. • boomerang — a curved throwing implement; the English word comes from an Aboriginal language. Not every boomerang is designed to return. • koala — the name of an Australian tree-dwelling marsupial; the English word is from an Aboriginal language. Mason notices that some word cards need careful explanations. A word can travel into English, while its spelling, pronunciation or meaning may change over time. Aboriginal languages belong to the communities who speak them, and there is not one single Aboriginal language.
Word detectives
Use the word cards above.
- billabong
- koala
- boomerang
- kangaroo
- A large hopping marsupial
- A curved throwing implement
- A waterhole or pool
- A tree-dwelling marsupial
- All Aboriginal languages are the same.
- Every boomerang is made to return.
- The English word kangaroo came from an Aboriginal language, but its exact language origin is debated.
- Billabong is the name of an animal.
Choose words carefully
Think about how word meanings and explanations work.
- Exactly alike
- Varied or different
- Very old
- Difficult to pronounce
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