Alphabet Charts
Click here to download alphabet charts. Large sized charts are available for purchase from the Language Centre for $40 each. See the online shop for these charts.
Audio recordings for each word on the alphabet chart are available online here. Scroll down below the downloadable alphabet charts to find the audios.
Click the words to hear an audio of each word in the alphabet chart.
Kaalamaya jina, jinkamula, jirlkamata, julyku, kapi, kaprurn, kartarr, kata, kumpuny, kurrkurn, kuul, mara, mayi, miil, mula, nanpa, ngarnku, ngurany, punku, thaa, thalanj, tumpari, wiyarl, yalintharra
Cundeelee Wangka impu, kaarnka, kapi, kuka, lirru, mara, marlu, nani, ngalya, ngukurn, nyina, parna, purnu, runkarnu, tari, tjamu, tjitji, warta, waru, wiika, wirra, yapu, yuu.
Pitjantjatjarra apu, ini, kaarnka, karlaya, kuka, langka, mara, mirrka, mulya, ngurra, ninu, nyii-nyii, nyirtayira, nyuntu, papa, purnu, tili, tjuni, urru, waru, wati, yurnpa, yuu
Mirniny kari, katji, maka, marna, maturu, mirniny, murti, ngalti, ngamu, ngii, nyina, pala, parrku, paru, pinti, puuna, tjaalany, tjilarra, walyi, wanya, warni, yatu, yurlku.
Maduwongga jina, kaparli, kuka, lirru, lunku, marlu, mayi, milyi-milyi, minyma, murti, nangata, ngalya, pirni, purlka, purni, ruukuli, tanti, tari, tjaa, tju-tju, waru, wipu, yaril, yiiku.
Ngadju jina, karla, kata, kutharra, mara, marlpa, marlu, mijal, minya, mula, murti, nalari, ngarta, ngartu, ngiinya, parna, puyu, tumpari, waajika, walyi, wanya, wanyarr, yarta, yuulurti.
Kuwarra kaarnka, kapi, karla, kuka, kuurnthula, lalypu, lirru, mulkurtu, narrka, ngampu, nguri, nyinyji, parna, pirti, purni, runkala, tari, thaa, thamu, thiina, tjuni, wangu, wirra, yapu.
Tjupan ini, jamu, jiipu, kaarnka, kapi, karu, kuka, lirru, mara, marlu, marna, nani, ngalya, ngampu, nyina, parna, pina, tari, warta, waru, wikirri, yapu, yuu.
Ngaanyatjarra arlkara, kaarnka, kapi, karli, kata, lirru, marnkurrpa, mirrka, mulya, nani, ngampu, nuupalya, nyarlpi, nyii-nyii, papa, ruurrpa, tirnka, tjitji, warntu, warta, waru, wati, yini
Wangkatja ama, kaarnka, kapi, lirri, mara, marlu, mirrka, mulya, murti, nani, nganurti, ngurra, nyii-nyii, nyiku, parna, pina, purli, tari, tjitji, wantji, wuurla, yalykarnu, yukiri.
Martu Wangka jina, kaarnka, kapi, karlaya, kurturtu, lunki, mirrka, mulya, murtilya, nampa, ngarrka, ngurra, nyuntu, puwa, riingu, ruka-ruka, ruupu, tampa, waru, wuukarta, yapu, yukuri, yularni.
Yankunytjatjarra apu, ini, kaarnka, karlaya, kuka, langka, mara, mirrka, mulya, nanytju, nyii-nyii, nyirtayira, nyuntu, papa, purnu, tarrka, tjalku, ula, waru, wati, yuru, yuu
Pintupi kaarnka, karlaya, kartalpa, kartiri, kata, lala, marlu, milpinpa, nama, ngarnurti, ngurra, nyiku, parna, runyu, tarrka, tii, tiwirrpa, tjaa, wakari, wulkumanu, yangkuru, yilyka, yuu
Warlpiri jajaja, jarntu, jinta, karlaya, kuyu, laja, lirra, marlu, mulya, naanja, ngipiri, nini, nyinarntu, papingi, parltu, puurn, rangkarrpa, rduku-rduku, tika, wati, wiirlpa, yarti, yuka, yuurnpa.
Manytjilytjarra jaa, junta, karla, karlkurla, kutjarra, lirri, mankurr, milji, mirrka, mulya, murnijilka, murti, nani, ngarnkurr, nyanka, pina, pulku, tarka, tjantji, tjiil-tjiil, wirtapi, wuukartu, yangangu, yukuri
Alphabet Letters
Here are letters of the alphabet that may be printed out for families to use at home, for use in schools and other educational programs. Permission is given for printing and use by families and for educational purposes. Any other use, contact GALCAC.
These alphabet letters are available at GALCAC as a set of stickers. See the online shop for these sticker sets.
This alphabet is used by most of the languages of the Goldfields region. Some words may not be found in certain languages and are used as examples only. However most of these words are universal to the Goldfields languages.
The j – tj – th chart covers the 3 dental sounds that are found in languages of the region. Find out which letters your language uses and use that one.
Click on each letter to view the alphabet letter poster:
a – aa
i – ii
j – tj – th
k
l – ly
m
n
ng
ny
p
r – rr
rl
rn
rt
t
u – uu
w
y
Alphabet Films
Click on the letters to see a short film about the sounds associated with that letter.
a – aa
i – ii
j – tj – th
k
l – ly
m
n
ng
ny
p
r – rr
rl
rn
rt
t
u – uu
w
y
Click on the names of the Goldfields languages to see short films with a song about the alphabets used to write them.
These films are being made 2025-2026 so come back for more films, if there is not one already!
Cundeelee Wangka
Kaalamaya
Kuwarra
Maduwongga
Manytjilytjarra
Martu Wangka
Mirniny
Ngadju
Pintupi
Pitjantjatjarra
Tjupan
Wangkatja
Yankunytjatjarra