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Australia -| Indigenous languages in threat of extinction

Indigenous languages in threat of extinction : A number of Aboriginal languages are in danger of extinction, a parliamentary committee was told this week, with just 20 to 30 considered viable. In 1788, it is estimated, more than 250 languages were spoken. By 2005, when the Australian Institute of ...