Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Indigenous archives provide window into hidden heritage of thousands of Australians -  Lost in Australia's vast archive collection are records of Indigenous people, places and languages, once not seen as valuable enough to bother ...

Indigenous language key to economic growth - English has changed the linguistic landscape of indigenous Australia profoundly. Of the 300 languages that were spoken at first contact, only 18 ...

Australia needs to break out of language cocoon : Most Asian countries, by the way, show no similar timidity in studying the indigenous languages of their Asian trading partners. Of course they study English in very large numbers too, but unlike us, they don't stop at English.

University of Melbourne researchers urge government to heed indigenous ... : These included constitutional recognition of indigenous languages, support for interpreter services (especially in the health and justice sectors) and ways of ensuring that Australia's linguistic heritage is protected into the future, by supporting ...

Indigenous languages disappearing as lobbying starts for bilingual programmes : By Sam Davis The Chair of an Aboriginal language group in north Queensland says urgent funding is needed before 80 per cent of indigenous languages spoken in the region are lost. The North Queensland Regional Aboriginal Language Corporation [NQRALC] ...

Reviving Indigenous languages through old novels, dictionaries and documents  -  Indigenous languages in Australia could number between 300 and 700, ... From the 19th century onwards, the removal of Indigenous children from ...

Indigenous languages represented on new national coin - The traditional language of Indigenous Australia has been given greater representation on a new national coin. The unique 50 cent coin contains 14 ...

Cultural conceptualisations of language and country in Australian Indigenous Languages - This article presents a Cultural Linguistics perspective on the enduring and multifaceted relationship between people, language and country in Indigenous Australia . It builds on a substantial body of work in Cultural Linguistics that has examined the cultural conceptualisations present in Aboriginal  ...

This Aboriginal Keyboard App Is Helping Preserve Indigenous Languages  - Across Canada, many of the more than 60 Indigenous languages spoken ... Called FirstVoices Keyboards, the free app gives its users access to more than 100 Indigenous languages —spoken in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and ...

Climate Change May Have Helped Spread a Language Family Across Australia - On the map of Australia's indigenous language types, Pama-Nyungan languages stretch expansively across the country, dipping down into the hollows of Western Australia and Victoria, and reaching high up into the furthest cranny of Queensland, to the north-east. In the remaining 10 percent of the ...

The 14 Indigenous words for money on our new 50 cent coin - The diversity of Indigenous words for money on the new coin is an attempt to reflect the linguistic tapestry of Australia , a nation of over 300 languages ...

Indigenous languages continue to fade  - The findings from a survey of Indigenous languages in Australia has revealed a continuing trend towards language loss across the country.

Creative Australia lends extra support to Indigenous languages, but is it enough? The Federal Government's new Creative Australia policy includes an announcement of nearly $14 million in new funding for Indigenous languages support, over four years. While it's a welcome announcement, Greg Dickson isn't quite jumping up and down ...

Indigenous languages continue to fade  - The findings from a survey of Indigenous languages in Australia has revealed a continuing trend towards language loss across the country.

The digital platform saving Indigenous languages from extinction -  Australia , 50 per cent of Indigenous languages are now extinct, and only 13 are considered strong and viable. On a global scale, every 14 days an ...

Language nests: a way to revive Indigenous languages at risk  - More than 90% of Australia's Indigenous languages are critically endangered and two-thirds of those languages spoken a hundred years ago are now dormant.

Wiradjuri words show the power of learning Australia's first languages  - Acknowledging Australia's traditional owners of country and paying respect to Indigenous elders past and present has become a normal part of ...

While old Indigenous languages disappear, new ones evolve  - While old Indigenous languages disappear, new ones evolve ... Of the 250 languages once spoken in Australia , only 40 remain and just 18 of these ...

Language and life in the time of darkness : Australia inhabited less than 60 000 years ago. He's been reading that like the San and the Khoi, the indigenous Down Under had languages of communication between themselves and the reality of their environment before the English came to colonise, ...

Precarious state of our Indigenous languages - Last week the NSW Government announced new measures to protect Aboriginal languages . In the context of seeking to preserve part of Australia's  ...