Meeŋ ɖanuŋ duun yuna ŋai ŋunun ŋai ɖanuŋ duun ŋine gira. Translated from Wakka Wakka into English, this means: 'Today my language is sleeping, in the future my language will be awake'.
Annalee Pope, a Wakka Wakka descendant from central Queensland, works for First Languages Australia.
She supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia to document their languages.
Read about the rewarding experiences she had as a language worker in Bundaberg in this ABC Life feature article as we continue to celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Find out more
- See our 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages page
- Visit UNESCO's IY2019 website
- Share your story
- Visit the First Languages Australia website
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