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Ninti is a bilingual Ngalia and English language teacher built on the Muir family dictionary. Ngalia is a dialect of the Mantjintjarra language, spoken in the central deserts and northern Goldfields of Western Australia.
2,178 Ngalia entries compiled by Kado Muir and his family, grounded in Country and decades of lived knowledge.
Every word connects to place. Learn the cultural knowledge woven into the language, not just vocabulary.
Ninti teaches through conversation, with pathways for greetings, kinship, Country, animals, verbs and more.
An archive of elder recordings, songs and stories in Ngalia, kept for generations to come.
Maintained by Dilji Labs on behalf of the Ngalia Heritage Research Council. Data stays in Australia, on servers in Sydney.
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Ninti is a Ngalia word meaning to learn, to teach, to know, to show. A language teacher that both teaches and learns, keeping Ngalia alive through connection.
Ninti only uses Ngalia words from the Muir family dictionary, with meanings given by Ngalia speakers. Nothing sacred, secret or ceremonial is shared. The language, recordings and voice are the Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property of Kado Muir and the Ngalia community. Please ask before reusing them.
Ngalia is a dialect of the Mantjintjarra language, spoken across the central deserts and northern Goldfields of Western Australia — one of the world's most ancient language families.
Kado Muir and his two brothers are among the remaining fluent speakers. The family dictionary, compiled over generations, is the foundation of Ninti.
"Dilji" means connections in Ngalia. Dilji Labs builds technology to preserve and transmit Ngalia language on behalf of the Ngalia Heritage Research Council.
Recordings of songs and stories in Ngalia — spoken by an elder — are being catalogued and preserved. Her voice carries the living language.
Ninti (nin·ti) is a Ngalia verb meaning to learn, to teach, to know, to show. It is the perfect name for a language teaching agent — one that both teaches and learns, keeping Ngalia alive through connection.
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You are learning Ngalia — a Western Desert language of the Goldfields, Western Australia.