In 1788 there were between 300 and 700 Indigenous languages spoken across Australia by millions of people, as shown in anthropologist Norman Tindale’s 1974 map. However in the Australian 2016 Census, ...
Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Australia has seen a major ...
The story of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages is one of loss, resilience and now renewal.
The Conversation: The state of Australia’s Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
The state of Australia’s Indigenous languages – and how we can help people speak them more often
The Conversation: Explainer: the largest language spoken exclusively in Australia – Kriol
It’s not a trivia question I’ve come across. But if someone asked: “which language, only found in Australia, is spoken over an area the size of Spain and is the second most common language in the ...
Have you ever wondered how Australia’s many Indigenous languages relate to one another and how far back the connections go? The Australian continent has been settled by Indigenous people for at least ...
IFLScience: A New Language Spoken By Just 350 People Has Evolved In Australia's Outback
A New Language Spoken By Just 350 People Has Evolved In Australia's Outback
The Conversation: Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true
Young people in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages – our research shows this isn’t true