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Word of the week: Wiandook

25/09/2015

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Our word of the week is Wiandook.

 

According to  ‘Vocabulary of the Allyn River Black’s Language’, ca. 1845 Wiandook means up the river.

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It is important to note that these records were written in most cases about Aboriginal languages by non - Aboriginal people. For this reason, the written words may not accurately reflect the ways in which an oral language was spoken and transmitted.