Our word of the week is Be-ral-lee.

According to ’The Warkon tribal dialects - L.R. Schwennesen. Vocabulary of aboriginal dialects of Queensland, by Harriott Barlow’, no date Be-ral-lee means “child”.

According to the David R Horton map, Be-ral-lee most likely originated from the Yuwaalaraay Language group.

Please comment any facts you know about the Yuwaalaraay Language.

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.