THERE has been a groundswell of interest in learning Gomeroi language in Tamworth with moves afoot to get it more widely spoken.
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The community will meet in Coledale later this week to start a process of formalising language learning and dissemination on country.
Cathy Trindall will lead the initial workshop at The Youthie this Friday and has called for community input on reawakening Gomeroi language.
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It's a fitting time for the conversations to start with the United Nations declaring 2019 the year of Indigenous languages and it comes after NSW became the first state to pass an Aboriginal language act.
Ms Trindall said the workshop wasn't aligned with any government or organisation.
"It's about us as a community having a voice on what we'd like to see and where we see our language going," she said.
There's an open invite for the community for Friday's meeting with some very big items on the agenda like "who can or who should speak language, what are the protocols, how does it fit with cultural practise, and who should teach it".
Ms Trindall said the groundswell of interest in language had been growing along with a sense of confidence among people wanting to learn more about their culture.
"But it's how do we go about doing it," she said
"We can sit down and say 'Unc knows this and Aunt knows this, this organisation is doing that', so how do we combine it to fit our community to move it forward."
The first Yilaadhu Guwaa-li workshop will be at The Youthie on Friday from 11.30am.