• Ngiyang

  • By: SBS
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • Wiradyuri language is integral to Wiradyuri cultural identity. Our language is our culture. Ngiyang (‘language’) is the story of how the Wiradyuri language is being reclaimed by the Wiradyuri people of central NSW and beyond. Hear from Uncle Stan Grant Senior, who has dedicated his life's work to the Wiradyuri language, and learn how this reclamation journey has enriched the lives of Wiradyuri speakers, learners and teachers. Wiray Ngiyang, Wiray Mayiny - No language, no people.
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Episodes
  • Mamaba Dyan: The early years reclaiming Wiradyuri language
    Jul 11 2024
    In this episode, Lowanna Grant shares stories from the early days of the Wiradyuri language reclamation journey. She talks with her Pop, Uncle Stan Grant Snr, her dad Stan Grant Jnr, and Aunty Elaine Lomas about the connection between language and identity. They tell the history of how language was recorded and a Wiradyuri dictionary created.
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    18 mins
  • Ngiyang Birrang: A Wiradyuri language journey
    Jun 27 2024
    'ngiyang' is the Wiradyuri word for ‘language’. In this episode host Lowanna Grant introduces her Pop, Uncle Stan Grant Snr, and the story of his life's work to reclaim the Wiradyuri language. Lowanna shares her own personal language journey, along with stories from other Wiradyuri language learners and teachers about how their lives as Wiradyuri people have been enriched through language.
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    11 mins

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