Guugu Yimithirr Living Library

Thudaan Diini

Guugu Yimithirr immersion YouTube series for children with downloadable activity sheets.

The Guugu Yimithirr word “milbi” means “story” or “news” in English. Watch the milbi a few times and then do the activities. Just download the activity pages and then print them out. Have fun!

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Milbi 1: Gayimugungay Dabaar

[Hats are Good]

DOWNLOADABLE ACTIVITY SHEETS

Click activity sheet for downloadable activities for Milbi 1.

Milbi 2: Opalbi Gayimugu

[Opal’s Hat]

DOWNLOADABLE ACTIVITY SHEETS

Click activity sheet for downloadable activities for Milbi 2.

Milbi 3: Nganhthaan Bunhthiwi Nguthu-wuurilil

[We are Playing in the Mud]

DOWNLOADABLE ACTIVITY SHEETS

Click activity sheet for downloadable activities for Milbi 3.

Guugu Yimithirr Lessons

Songs on Country

January 3, 2019/by pamacentre

Learning Guugu Yimithirr with Lillian Bowen

Yirrgii Guugu Yimithirrbi – Speak Guugu Yimithirr

Yirrgii Guugu Yimidhirrbi is a scripted spoken Guugu Yimidhirr course developed by the Guugu Yimidhirr Language Recording Revitalisation and Maintenance Project (Lillian Bowen, Karin Calley and Jan Goetesson) – delivered by Lillian Bowen at Hope Vale School. This course was developed as four large format presentation books supported by a range of classroom posters. The first of these books is available below.

Updated versions of all Yirrgii Guugu Yimidhirrbi resources, with Haviland’s second spelling system (‘t’ rather than ‘d’and ‘j’ rather than ‘dy’) will soon be available.