Different talk for different relatives relationships shown in restored stories from three Gumbayngirr NSW

We present some findings of a project we have completed, which was  funded by AIATSIS: ‘A comparative linguistic analysis of Gumbaynggirr Dreaming stories in three dialects: Nymboidan, Northern and Southern.’   
The stories come from three dialectally different areas. We highlight and analyse avoidance, politeness and joking relationships in these Gumbaynggirr story-plays, emphasising how  language maintains relationships and how kinship and other influences affect communication.  We highlight the variety of strategies which the Dreaming plays and stories use to express politeness and avoidance