[Australian Indigenous Language]. McENTEE, John and Pearl McKENZIE

Adna-mat-na English Dictionary

Adelaide, [The Authors], May 1992 (revised edition)/ 1992.

Foolscap folio, x, 127 pages.

Quarter tape and stapled card covers (with a sheet of clear celluloid at the front); rear cover slightly marked; a near-fine copy.

The dictionary containing Adna-mat-na [Adnyamathanha] 'words from the North Flinders Ranges of South Australia has been compiled over a period of almost twenty years. It especially records the language as spoken by Pearl McKenzie and her family and ancestors.... The importance of this very limited edition is that the language comes back to Mrs McKenzie in written form for her perusal and checking' (from the informative four-page preface by John McEntee).

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