Gooniyandi vs Butchulla

Gooniyandi is the traditional language of the region to the east and south of Fitzroy Crossing, in the southern central Kimberley. This app is based on Yarrangi Gooniyandi Thangardi: Gooniyandi – English Dictionary, First Edition published by the Kimberley Language Resource Centre and the Gooniyandi Aboriginal Corporation. It is designed to put the dictionary in your pocket. This app will be under development until June 2022. Once you’ve downloaded the app it will work even if you are offline. When connected to the internet, the latest updates from the Gooniyandi team will load.

This app is an introduction to the Butchulla language of the region that encompasses K’gari (Fraser Island), Burrum River to the North, Double Island Point to the South and inland to Mount Bauple, Queensland, Australia. The content of this app was produced in partnership with the Korrawinga Aboriginal Corporation and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. With the use of the app, our community will be able to learn the language of this country and connect further with our culture to strengthen the revival of the Butchulla language. This ‘touch and listen’ app contains a variety of images, words and recorded audio in a variety of categories including body, family and people, animals, placenames, counting, birds, objects and much more. This app would not have been possible without the help and continued support of Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre, a not-for-profit organization supporting language documentation and conservation programs nationally and internationally. The data in this app was derived from the Miromaa software program.