The Yindjibarndi language

4to. xii, 390 (15) pp, Part I. Practical Grammar: introduction, I. The Language; II. Sound System; III. Word Morphology; IV. Syntax. Part II. Graded Texts: introduction; Elementary Texts; Intermediate Texts; Advanced Texts; Part III. Analytical Dictionary: introduction, Dictionary; Appendix: A. key to abbreviations, B. key to interlinear symbols, bibliography, map. Pacific Linguistics, Series C-No. 71: First Edition, 1982. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, and red speckled text block edges.``Yindjibarndi is a member of the Ngayarta (Pil-bara) group of the south-western branch of the Pama-Nyungan language family. It was originally spoken in the tableland area of the Pilbara and is now still spoken around Roebourne, the north west of Western Australia by several hundred people. There also is a programme to teach the language in primary schools. This volume was written with a two-fold purpose (1) to provide the background information required to establish and conduct a bilingual education program and (2) to make an empirical and analytical contribution to linguistic research in the Pacific."