Arrernte is the local Indigenous language of Tyuretye/Mparntwe (Alice Springs). As Arrernte elder and teacher, Kumalie Riley says, “if you’re a local you need to know all this.”

Come and explore the Arrernte language and culture through this course at Watch This Space.

Course Topics

• Walk And Talk sessions
• Conversation
• Grammar and sentence structure
• Cultural Orientation of Seasons - Food - Country
• English words in Arrernte
• Hand Signs for communication
• Family and Society
• Language Map

BIO

Kumalie (Rosalie) Riley is an Arrernte woman from Tyuretye/Mparntwe (Alice Springs) with spiritual affiliations and connections to the land, hereditary from her grandmother.

Kumalie is a well known Arrernte Elder and artist with many years of experience teaching Arrernte language in local primary schools and in adult education.

She has contributed to widely-acclaimed publications such as the Eastern and Central Arrernte to English Dictionary, and the Eastern and Central Arrernte Picture Dictionary (both published by the Institute for Aboriginal Development).

Kumalie is a highly experienced interpreter and translator, and is frequently called upon to assist with court interpreting and recording radio, television and film scripts in Eastern/Central Arrernte.

DATES AND TIMES

Dates for Basic Arrernte Class 2025 Term 2

5:30-6:30pm

Tuesday 21 October
Tuesday 28 October
Tuesday 4 November
Tuesday 11 November
Tuesday 18 November
Tuesday 25 November

*Please make sure you are available for all sessions

We will also potentially run intermediate classes. Please reach out if you're interested in joining and we will organise dates/times amongst the group.