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"From Little Things, Big Things Grow" Paul Kelly and the Pertame Children's Choir
Home "From Little Things, Big Things Grow" Paul Kelly and the Pertame Children's Choir

Paul Kelly visited the Pertame School in Alice Springs and sang "From Little Things Big Things Grow" or "Kwekangaltyel Kngerra Mangkek" with the children's choir in their endangered language, Pertame.


Pertame (Southern Arrernte), is an Indigenous language spoken to the south of Alice Springs and has less than 40 remaining fluent speakers, and the Pertame School is hoping to grow it's number of speakers through this new generation of eager learners.

Pertame belongs to the country around the Finke and Hugh Rivers, 110km South of Alice Springs. Pertame country starts at Running Waters (Irrpmangkera) and follows the Finke River (Lhera Pinta) down to the community of Finke.

The Pertame grandparent generation grew up on Pertame country, speaking Pertame as their first language, steeped in their culture and community. However, due to the forces of colonization, punitive language policies, the stolen generation and English-only schooling, Pertame is a severely endangered language, with less than 30 Elder fluent speakers still alive. Without serious action, Pertame will be lost within the next generation.

Pertame is an ancient and rich language, carrying 60,000+ years of history, heritage, knowledge of the country and a unique perspective of the world. The Pertame School is a community-led language revival program empowering Pertame Elders to pass their language and cultural knowledge onto the next generation.