The origins of Pama-Nyungan, Australia’s largest family of Aboriginal languages

CushDey on Instagram: ""You wanna hide something PUT IT IN A BOOK" 😲 The word ‘Black’ can be traced back to its proto Indo-European origins through the word ‘blac’ which meant PALE, wan, COLOURLESS, or ALBINO. ‘Blac’ was incorporated into Old French as Blanc, Italian and Spanish as Blanco, Bianca, Bianco, Bianchi. In Old English “blac” person meant fair; someone DEVOID OF COLOUR, similar to the word “blanc” which still means white or fair person. 🚫BLACK IS NOT AN ANCIENT WORD OR IDENTITY🚫 Hav