Dharug Bayala

EPIC Wildlife

100

Kangaroo

Buru

200

fish

magura

300

Cockatoo

Girrawi

400

Emu

Mariyung 

500

Cockatoo in the tree

Girrawi yarrawa

What's good bro?!

100

Hello!

Warami!

200

My name is Mr Long 

Ngaya giyara Mr Long

300

Good to see you today

Budyari nhaady'unya yagu

400

Which is the correct way to say I am happy.

Ngaya bindhi wiri 

Ngaya bindhi budyari 

Ngaya gularr 

Ngaya wamba

Ngaya bindhi budyari 

500

Ngiyini budyari?

Are you good? 

Ngurra (Country)

100

Tree

Yarra

200

River

Dhurabung

300

Rock: 

a) Giba

b) Badhu 

c) Yarra

a) Giba

400

Snake under the rock: 

a) Girrawi yarrawa 

b) Dyirrabidy gibawa 

c) Magura Dhurabunga

b) Dyirrabidy gibawa

500

I am on Dharug country 

Ngaya Dharug ngurrawa

Verbs

100

Swim

bugi

200

Run: 

a) Bugi 

b) Wumarra 

c) Garuga

b) wumarra

300

Emu running: 

a) Buru wumarra

b) Magura wumarra

c) Mariyung wumarra

c) Mariyung wumarra

400

Jump: 

a) Wumarra 

b) Garuga

c) Bugi

b) Garuga

500

Kangaroo Jumping 

a) Girrawi wumarra 

b) Buru garuga 

c) Magura bugi 

b) Buru garuga

YIYA! BONUS TIME!

100

What is the language of place? (where we live)

Dharug Language

200

How many Indigenous languages are in Australia? 

a) approx. 250 

b) approx. 50 

c) approx.100

a) 250 + 

300

Why don't we have words in Dharug for all animals in Australia?

Because Dharug language was spoken well before colonisation which brought foreign animals that are not native to Dharug country.

400

What is a sleeping language? 

We refer to languages with no speakers as ‘sleeping’, because there is a possibility that these languages can be woken up again. 

500

What does the Buru Dharug Totem / Dreamtime story represent?

- Strength 

- Defender 

- Protector