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 6-session 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

*please note a new class structure for this season, with 2x classes per week for 3 weeks

Uterne-urle Season (early Summer)

Tuesday 22 September – 5:30-6:30pm

Sunday 27 September – 10am-11am (site visit, Olive Pink tour)

Tuesday 29 September – 5:30-6:30pm

Sunday 4 October – 10am-11am (site visit, Billy Goat Hill)

Tuesday October 6 – 5:30-6:30pm

Sunday October 11 – 10am-11am (site visit, Olive Pink history)

COST
$385 (incl. GST)

*Please make sure you are available for all sessions