I note that HANZAB has appendixes of Aboriginal names and commend the
compilers for including these. Unfortunately the listings do not indicate
which languages/localities the names come from.
David
Goodfellow wrote:
> <snip>
>
> Have a look at what happens with bird names. Now obviously the good of
> having common bird names as with any term, is that everyone knows what
> everyone else is talking about. But this works on a regional basis as
> well. Members of my Kuninjku language group all know what bird we mean
> by Djagana. But regional bird names are suppressed by names adopted by
> the wider society, and that includes Aboriginal language names. Whether
> that's good or bad depends on who you are. If you're a visitor or
> newcomer to a region you probably want names you are familiar with. But
> there are unintended consequences, namely the loss of legitimacy of
> regional differences, and languages. Bird names are part of the total
> process that causes national, regional differences that helped locals
> make sense of their world, gave them a sense of identity, to be subsumed.
> <snip>
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