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Languages of Indigenous Australia  - It is estimated that in the late 18th century there were about 350 languages spoken on mainland Australia . At the start of the 21st century, fewer than ...

Explainer: the seasonal 'calendars' of Indigenous Australia - Instead, both seasons and humans are viewed as components of cycles. Around Australia , Indigenous languages vary in both the number of season words in their lexicon and their precise meaning. This is at least partly due to the very different kinds of weather experienced around the year in different ...

Australia's Indigenous Peoples Fight for Constitutional Recognition - Indigenous Australians, namely aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, are made up of diverse and distinct communities, nations, cultures and languages. Both peoples are citizens of Australia, but they often seek acknowledgement on the part of non-indigenous society that they are also citizens of their own distinct societies with their own systems of law. There has never been a treaty signed between the Australian government and the aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and calls for a treaty remain one of the principal planks of indigenous politics in

2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages - Official launch of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages ... at Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Languages Centre in Western Australia , ...

Cleverman showcases revival of Australia's Indigenous languages - According to Languages Australia, hundreds of Australian Indigenous languages have died out in the past 200 years. One of the languages that ...

Linguistic paranoia - why is Australia so afraid of languages?  - About 20% of the Australian population speaks a language other than ... of that community languages pile are the Indigenous languages of Australia , ...

Nana Freda' is honoured as a pioneer of Indigenous film and TV - Launched to distribute audio cassettes of Indigenous language news to remote ... people to "sustain the culture and languages of Central Australia ".

Canadian media colonialism and the revitalization of indigenous languages  - Some 93 percent of indigenous languages in Australia have become extinct. This is by far the most serious case of "linguicide" in the world. However ...

Saving the native tongues of Australia : In Australia , only a handful of hundreds of indigenous languages have managed to survive following decades of European colonisation that heavily suppressed the native ways of life. But many of the country's indigenous groups are struggling to save ...

Indigenous Australia , British Museum - exhibition review: devastating impact of colonialism laid bare  - A map of Australia close to the entrance reflects the hundreds of languages spoken by Aboriginal communities in the country. If you imagine that each ...

Experts urge government to halt decline of Indigenous languages  - There are around 250 languages spoken by Australia's Indigenous communities, however many experts said there was a lack of engagement with ...

Single source for all of Australia's indigenous languages - All indigenous languages in Australia came from one source dating back 10000 years, findings published in Diachronica suggest. The languages can be traced back to Proto- Australian spoken in northern Australia , researchers say.

98% of Indigenous Music Traditions have been lost  - You often hear about the loss of indigenous language in Australia , some language experts still maintain that more languages have been lost here than ...

Push to revive Indigenous languages along the Condamine River : Information collected on Aboriginal languages along the Condamine River is being used to hopefully trigger a revival of indigenous languages in Southern Queensland. It is thought there were about 250 Aboriginal languages spoken in Australia at European ... Australia-Malaysia | 中国 | 日本 | 한국 | ราชอาณาจักรไทย | Tiếng Việt | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Hope for revival of dormant indigenous languages "Throughout the world there are hundreds of 'sleeping beauty' languages that desperately need the kiss of life, and Australia has its fair share of these," says Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages at the ...

The Revival Of Victorian Aboriginal Languages  - In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in the Aboriginal languages of the south eastern corner of Australia . Many Australian Indigenous ...

NZ Festival: dirtsong 'a unique, powerful visual and aural experience'  - dirtsong is a celebration and storytelling of the music, culture and languages of indigenous Australia . It rose admirably to the challenge of ...

The Australian continent Indigenous Language Map Students can -  Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages are the first languages of this continent. Print the maps onto clear overheads, so that you can superimpose the linguistic diversity of Aboriginal Australia on the linguistic diversity of comparable areas of land in Europe. A common feature of many ...

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 ...

Recording Australia's threatened indigenous languages - The movement has more than 800 volunteers in 60 countries, but none in Australia – yet. Bogre Udell wants Australians to help build the archive, with a focus on Australia's indigenous languages , many of which are under threat. “The rate of language loss the world is experiencing right now is ...