Spelling Matters

If you don't get the spelling system right, it's hard to read and even harder to write. You need community consensus on how to spell, so that one system is accepted and used across the whole language area.

Phil has been working with about 15 Nimboran community leaders. They come on foot and motorbike in the blazing heat from 10 different villages, keen to work. Based on the previous work of linguist Kevin May (and others), Phil has been helping them to understand what happens when different sounds in their language come together, and the pros and cons of different spelling choices.