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The Wangaaypuwan dialect of Ngiyampaa is the language of the Pilaarrkiyalu, Nhiilyikiyalu and Karulkiyalu people that come from the dry, riverless country of Western NSW. Some people still live in and around the ngurrampaa 'homelands' but many now live in larger towns and cities around NSW and other states and territories.  Ngiyampaa Wordworld: Thipingku Yuwi, Maka Ngiya; Names of Birds and Other Words includes stories, example sentences and songs. The second half of the dictionary is dedicated to bird names (and other words).  The dictionary includes an English to Ngiyampaa finderlist, which is also useful for looking up words in Ngiyampaa. 

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Tamsin's long association with Ngiyampaa began in 1972, when she was first introduced to speakers of the language. In the years that followed, she spent much time with Ngiyampaa people in various parts of western New South Wales, particularly at Murrin Bridge, near Lake Cargelligo, learning and recording their language. She wrote a formal grammar of Ngiyampaa, for which she was awarded a PhD from the Australian National University. This was later published as Ngiyambaa: the Language of the Wangaaybuwan (1980).

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