Indigenous Languages
Word of the week: Wiandook
25/09/2015
Our word of the week is Wiandook.
According to ‘Vocabulary of the Allyn River Black’s Language’, ca. 1845 Wiandook means up the river.
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.