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Peter Salmon, last speaker of endangered Thiinma language, travels through WA to teach it
Peter Salmon, from the Gascoyne region of remote Western Australia, is 87 years old and the last speaker of the Thiinma language.
Key points:
- Thiinma is a “critically endangered language” and Peter Salmon is its last native speaker
- Mr Salmon embarked on a two-week trip to the remote Upper Gascoyne region of his childhood
- The aim of the trip was for the Thiinma language to be recorded, shared and spoken
Thiinma is classed by UNESCO as a critically endangered language, as there are no known speakers — other than Mr Salmon — living today.
Mr Salmon also has significant cultural knowledge of the area around Needle Hill (Gardumaya) on the remote boundary of Edmund and Maroonah stations, where Indigenous tribes met for corroborees prior to…
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