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The Native Dialect Wirradurri spoken in the Wellington District, 1838, by James Günther

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Call number: C 136

Author: Günther, James

Date: 1838

Description: Includes phonology, grammar and extensive vocabulary of the Wiradjuri Language: pp. 5-6 Alphabet p. 7 Assimilation and Ejection of Letters p. 9 Parts of Speech p. 11 Pronouns pp. 13-15 Plural - 1st Person, 2nd Person, 3rd Person pp. 16-21 Dual Pronouns - 1st & 2nd Person, 1st & 3rd Person pp. 22-23 Reflective Pronouns p. 24 Possessives p. 28 Relative Pronouns p. 29 Interrogatives p. 34 Conjunctions p. 37 Corresponding Negatives p. 38 Numerals p. 43 Declension of Nouns p. 54 Formation of Words p. 55 Adjectives p. 56 Comparisons p. 57 Addition to the Adjective p. 61 The Verb p. 66 The Tenses p. 70 Formation of the Participle p. 71 Table of Conjugations - Principal Tenses p. 74 Imperfect p. 77 Imperative p. 80 Reflective Modification p. 81 Definite Past p. 82 Participles p. 83 Etymological Remarks respecting the Verb p. 85 Modification of the Verb p. 111 Vocabulary p. 249 Sentences or Phrases of the Wirradurri Dialect p. 295 A Collection of Words of the Gammilurai Dialect p. 305 Wanngaibuoan Dialect p. 313 The Creed p. 315 Ten Commandants p. 318 The Lord's Prayer

Communities: Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi, Wangaaypuwan