that munanga linguist

Here I am working in Southern Arnhem Land as a linguist... There ain't many places around like this one so I thought I'd share. Then maybe someone down south might know what it is that I actually do while I'm here!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Nonsense

Today one of my staff came into my office and asked a question that made me laugh. It was funny because the question on the surface makes no sense, but to us two, and a handful of others, it makes perfect sense. Can you figure out what it means?

Q: "Wägilak and Rembarrnga... I mean Ritharrŋu... are blue?"
A: "Yes."

Tee hee.

posted by Wamut @ 1:01 PM  

5 Comments:

  • At 2:28 PM, Blogger Catalin said…

    A color-coded language families map?

     

  • At 2:11 PM, Blogger bulanjdjan said…

    Or reference to the library catalogue coding system?

     

  • At 5:20 PM, Blogger Wamut said…

    almost there mami...

    the question really being asked was 'are Wägilak and Ritharrŋu resources coloured blue (i.e. do i put blue paper in the printer)'.

    If anyone is enjoying this game, then what are colours are these languages:
    Alawa
    Marra
    Ngandi
    Nunggubuyu
    Rembarrnga

     

  • At 5:37 PM, Blogger Sophie said…

    Oh oh! I know the answer.
    Ngandi = Red
    (I will let someone else have a turn now).

     

  • At 3:22 PM, Anonymous Hooch said…

    Marra = Green :) (but what is 'green' in Marra?)

     

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