[PDF] aboriginal languages

The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a  List of Australian Aboriginal · Pama–Nyungan languages · Languages of AustraliaQuestions d'autres utilisateurs
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  • How many Aboriginal languages are there?

    In Australia there are more than 250 Indigenous languages including 800 dialects. Each language is specific to a particular place and people. In some areas like Arnhem Land, many different languages are spoken over a small area. In other areas, like the huge Western Desert, dialects of one language are spoken.24 mar. 2023

  • What is the most common language spoken in Aboriginal?

    With approximately 7.5 thousand recorded speakers, the Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) language is the most spoken Indigenous language in Australia in 2021, and is spoken primarily in Bamaga and Surrounds, TRAWQ (Thursday Island), and Port Kennedy (Thursday Island).

  • Are Aboriginal languages different?

    Many Aboriginal languages are unique to Canada, spoken nowhere else in the world. For these and countless other reasons, many Aboriginal people greatly value the preservation and revitalization of their languages. These languages are a significant part of the rich linguistic mosaic of Canada.

  • From the 2016 census these include:

    Noongar/Nyungar (south-west WA - 443 speakers)Wiradjuri (central NSW - 432 speakers)Ngarrindjeri (south-east of Adelaide - 302 speakers)Gamilaraay (western NSW - 92 speakers)Kaurna (Adelaide - 46 speakers)
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