After learning from Native American Yuchi families, Pertame elders and young mothers in Alice Springs are raising babies in a ...
Bluey to be dubbed in Indigenous Australian language for first time - Five episodes will be dubbed into Yolŋu Matha, spoken ...
Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously. Last week I wrote about how Australia’s ...
Despite few Australians knowing about Indigenous languages efforts are being made across the country to increase awareness of them. AAP exclaimed Milly, the receptionist at an Indigenous radio station ...
Jingulu, which is also known as Djingili, is a language in the Mirndl language family that is spoken in the Northern Territory in Australia. Other names for the language are Chunguloo, Chingalee, ...
Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” ...
Tiwi, an Australian language isolate, is spoken on the Tiwi Islands which are near the Northern Territory of Australia, according to Omniglot. Some of Tiwi’s different names are Diwi, Wongak, and ...
What better way to visualize the diversity of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages than with a multimedia online map? “Gambay,” which means “together” in the Butchulla language ...
This story was originally published by First Languages Australia in Warra: Building teams, building resources. The Gumbaynggirr language is traditionally spoken in the northern coastal region of the ...
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 ...