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This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages.Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. . Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang, have become widely used in other varieties of English, and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond En
In 2019 the Royal Australian Mint issued a 50-cent coin to celebrate the International Year of Indigenous Languages which features 14 different words for "money" from Australian Indigenous languages. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] The coin was designed by Aleksandra Stokic in consultation with Indigenous language custodian groups.
50 (1983 Black) Severely endangered WA Warlmanpa language: 50 [6] Warlpiri language [1] 2500 Vulnerable Warluwara language: 3 [6] Warnman language, Wanman language [1] 20 (1973 SIL) Severely endangered Warrgamay language: 3 [6] Warrungu language: Warrangu, Warrango Qld Warrwa language: Warwa, Warwar 2 (2001 McGregor) WA Warumungu language [1 ...
Note: As "Australian Aboriginal" is not a distinct language, but rather a collective term for a large group of languages, this category is useful as a holding place for all words with an origin in the different Aboriginal languages.
Acrolectal Aboriginal accents tend to have a smaller vowel space compared to Standard Australian English. The Aboriginal English vowel space tends to share the same lower boundary as Indigenous language vowel spaces, but shares an upper boundary with Standard Australian English, thus representing an expansion upwards from the Indigenous vowel ...
Ngunnawal/Ngunawal and Gundungurra are Australian Aboriginal languages, ... [50] Walga Hawk [51 ... More words are compiled online in The Wiradyuri and Other ...
In the 2021 census, people who self-identified on the census form as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin totalled 812,728 out of a total of 25,422,788 Australians, equating to 3.2% of Australia's population [51] and an increase of 163,557 people, or 25.2%, since the previous census in 2016. [50]
The names for the two groups are based on their respective words for 'come/go.' [5] Pitjantjatjara is a relatively healthy Aboriginal language, with children learning it. It is taught in some Aboriginal schools. The literacy rate for first language speakers is 50–70%; and is 10–15% for second-language learners.