Wajarri country is inland from Geraldton, Western Australia, and extends as far south and west as Mullewa, north to Gascoyne Junction and east to Meekatharra.
Leeann Merrit is a Senior language worker at Bundiyarra – Irra Wangga Language Centre in Geraldton.
Leeann loves to teach children the Wajarri language and has produced a book called ‘Balayi Mundungu’ which means ‘Look out for the monster’.
In this short video Leeann teaches body parts in the Wajarri language using a monster puppet to enlighten her students!
Produced by Leeann Merrit and Chris Lewis for ABC Open’s Mother Tongue Project.
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- This article originally appears at:
- https://open.abc.net.au/projects/mother-tongue-06ta6vz/contributions/wajarri-language-body-parts-56zn6bd#create_comment
- Article taken from the following publication:
- ABC Open Top End
- Article submitted by:
- Author:
- Christopher Lewis
