Phrase Detail

Say: Kiny-yah kuurr-ək. Kiny-yah tyarr-arng. Kiny-yah yuuk-arl-ek-par-ar. King-arnd-ar.

Vowels: Standard - ‘i’ as in ‘hit’, 'a' as in ‘path’ or 'car', 'u' as in 'put', 'ə' neutral sound as in ‘the’, 'e' as in ‘pet’.
Consonant combination - 'ny' (palato-nasal) combine 'n' and 'y' while top of tongue touches hard palate plus nasal vibration. (Avoid the English 'nee' as in 'many'), - 'ty' (palatal stop) - combine 't' and 'y' while tip and blade of tongue touches hard palate and stops the breath. (Note: 'tch' is close but different to 'ty'.)  (Avoid the English 'tee' as in 'city'.), 'ng' (velar-nasal) combine 'n' and 'g' while back of tongue touches soft palate plus nasal vibration - 'rr' roll or trill tongue.

Phrase starting with the pronoun 'kinya' (this one right here) meaning the following noun eg 'kurrək' (country). Ends with the adverb 'kinga' (here) with the transferred subject ending 'anda' (I).

This is the start of an Acknowledgement of Country and Traditional Owners for in Australian Early Childhood Centres, Kindergarten and libraries. It is usually followed by an Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners phrase. ( Eg Nyernangurrang nyumangurrang nyumən katimang kinya Kurrək , Wamba Wamba Perrepa Perrepa Kuli, kingangurr nyetanya yarka nyerndang.)

Works well if demonstrated with actions and hand movements. For example 1) Start sitting down. (Nyengga) Say 'Kinya Kurrək' and place both hands down on the ground in front. 2) Stand up (tyerrkia) Say 'Kinya tyarrang' and reach up with open hands drawing the sky. 3) Look around and reach out with open arms and say 'Kinya yukalek-para' 4) Place hand on chest and say 'Kinganda'. (Start slowly. Pronounce each phrase clearly and get children to repeat before moving on. Start doing the whole 4 phrases slowly with movements and slowly build speed. You can do the movements and encourage children to do the words and movement. Could finish the acknowledgement with malka pula and wan sounds. 

Once children are getting good with these phrases and movements you can start adding the Acknowledgment sentence in both Wamba Wamba and English.