Sesame Street for Warlpiri with Liam Jarrah -Manyu Wana #10

[maoripride2themaX]

liam jurrah gonna be a great afl player in the years 2 come !!!!

[liketammysaids]

@00:51 little boy in the orange jumper is sooooo cute! (:

[BourneArgonaut]

Ideally, it should be possible to preserve as much of still-extant Aboriginal language(s)/culture(s) as possible, yet still integrate English language and Western Culture into the education of Aboriginal children. Finding an optimal & cost-effective way of doing this, though, is the key issue. The same applies to North American aboriginal peoples.

[Hammersley1967]

"Ideally, it should be possible to preserve as much of still-extant Aboriginal language(s)/culture(s) as possible"

IT'S FUCKEN DEAD!!!

[BourneArgonaut]

Is it really?! Surely not! Though, being primarily oral traditions (few if any Aboriginal groups having developed any written language at all whatsoever), they are rather fragile and liable to be lost or, at least over time, somewhat watered-down.

[Hammersley1967]

Why are you picking one me?

I'm a paraplegic in a wheelchair...

[tobiaswerz]

get a life !!

[Ngajurlu]

Sorry didn't make it clear. M'n vorige komentaar was als antwoord op die klootzak Hammersley1967 bedoeld.

Hij heeft geen idee dat alle talen (ook Engels) bijzonder zijn, and dat iedere taal die verdwijnt een verlies van de mensheid is. Warlpiri word noch door ongeveer 3,000 mensen gesproken.

[Hammersley1967]

"language that disappears in a loss of mankind."

Languages, like biological species, change, hybridize, mutate, evolve and sometimes eventually go extinct...

Impermanence - it's the law of the universe...

GET USED TO IT!!!

[BourneArgonaut]

While perhaps said a tad bit too harshly by Hammersley1967, this is indeed true. It is, however, *ceteris paribus*, arguably *better* to preserve a language rather than to allow it to go extinct. But, having said *that*, we should also acknowledge that it is often hard to tell whether "ceteris" actually is "paribus", as it were.

[washbeer]

@Hammersley1967 fucking bastard ....you're a piece of shit

get used to it!

[Ngajurlu]

Our ways have mostly produced disaster for Aboriginal people- only when their right to be distinctive is accepted, will policy become creative-Beazley Sr.

"permit native children to keep their own languages, those beautiful and expressive tongues charged with poetry and love no need to fear that their languages will interfere with learning of English White Australians are among the few remaining people who think one language is the normal limit of linguistic achievement-Strelow,1958

Nyurru

[Hammersley1967]

"permit native children to keep their own languages, those beautiful and expressive tongues charged with poetry"

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

In 1788, there were about 250 separate Aboriginal languages spoken in Australia, plus dialects. Today, only two thirds of these languages survive and only 20 of them (eight per cent of the original 250) are still strong enough to have chance of surviving well into the next century. The remainder of the languages have been eroded beyond recognition...

[Linguiphile]

If loss of traditional culture and language were inevitable and integration into white society the only rational path to improving the well-being of the aboriginies, then teaching in English how to make one's way in white society would make sense.

But in the US, we forced Amerind youths to live at boarding schools, away from their families and traditions: good intentions with devastating results.

It would seem that the communities give aboriginies the chance to integrate at a reasonable pace.

[Hammersley1967]

Why the fuck are these schools wasting valuable teaching time on a virtually dead language that is spoken by (at most) a couple of thousand severely disadvantaged people?

Spend the time educating and EMPOWERING these kids in the ENGLISH three "R"s.

Then they'll be in a far better position to get the fuck out of those God forsaken hell holes that the government calls "communities"...

[Ngajurlu]

Fijate boludo, ¿asi que piensas que despreciar su idioma es manera de "empower" a estos niños?

The present "4 hours English only policy" in the Northern Territory isn't empowering anybody only the bureaucrats and politicians. Yimi Warlpiri wankurru ka nyina.

As for leaving these places- what, and join the mainstream with your attitudes?

Fraulein Dubrovnik was können wir tun, mit solchen Leuten mit solchen Einstellungen in Bezug auf Kultur und Sprache?

[Hammersley1967]

"As for leaving these places- what, and join the mainstream with your attitudes?"

OK then, I'll just kick back in the metropolitan area - in my $600,000 house - with access to all the health care, education and amenities that I choose to utilise.

You can stay in your festering shit hole with flies buzzing around your arse and maggots in your eyes - with a life expectancy in your mid 50s.

PS: I don't give a shit about that filthy fucken pig Latin you scribble. It's a resurrected dead language.

[MsDubrovnik]

Supper video danke euere kultur schätze sehr.

[Ngajurlu]

Vielen dank für ihren positif komentar.(enschuldigen Sie mein Deutch). Ich wohne in die Platz woh man dieses video gemacht hat. In Australië sind viel menschen die daß nicht vershtehen.

Die Irren haben nur die macht. Sehr traurig.

[Hammersley1967]

And Germany has such a fantastic track record on human rights and race relations...

SEIG HIEL!!!

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!­!!

[52172536]

This is a strong way to help bridge a cultural gulf that is all too prevalent here in Australia. Produced by the community, for the community. Teaching language, self representation. Promoting culture. Good on ya!

[freieRadikaleXX]

What an ugly, disgusting child!

[jesusknowskungfu]

Why do they always sound out of breathe? They cant always be pissed out of their heads

[sarahlarsen1982]

you moron

[Japaljarri]

you ignorant bigot

[Hammersley1967]

LOL

[supersmash43]

Cool video! Thanks.

[wujumonki]

nice video, thanks!