The University of Queensland

Nyingarn: a platform for primary sources in Australian Indigenous languages (ARC LIEF administered by The University of Melbourne) (2022–2024)

Abstract:

This project aims to build Nyingarn, an online platform of digital text versions of early Australian Indigenous language manuscripts with images of the original documents. There are over a thousand such documents that are foundational to understanding Australia's languages, and Nyingarn makes textual versions, accessions, and navigates such documents, with a means for adding more in future. Expected outcomes of this project are accessible sources useful for educational materials, and for understanding the local language, its history, and its relationship to other languages. Nyingarn will provide cutting-edge methods for ingesting, analysing, and presenting these historical materials, both for research and for the general public.

Grant type:

University of Melbourne

Researchers:

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  Professor Clint Bracknell

  Honorary Professor
  

  School of Languages and Cultures

  Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Funded by:

The University of Melbourne