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The languages of Australia are the major historic and current languages used in Australia and its offshore islands. Over 250 Australian Aboriginal languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact. [1] English is the majority language of Australia today.
Different, mutually unintelligible language groups were often mixed together, with Australian Aboriginal English or Australian Kriol language as the only lingua franca. The result was a disruption to the inter-generational transmission of these languages that severely impacted their future use.
Maya language (Australia) Maia, Maja WA Mayaguduna language: 2 Mbabaram language: Barbaram 2 [6] Qld Mbara language (Australia) Mbariman-Gudhinma language: 3 [6] Mbiywom language: Qld Meriam Mir language [1] 160 to 210 Definitely endangered Miriwoong language, Miriwung language [1] 10 to 20 (1990 Schmidt) Critically endangered Miwa language ...
The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, [1] containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. [2] The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it is derived from the two end-points of the range, the Pama languages of northeast Australia (where the word for "man" is pama) and the Nyungan languages of southwest Australia (where the ...
Dispersing across the Australian continent over time, the ancient people expanded and differentiated into distinct groups, each with its own language and culture. [56] More than 400 distinct Australian Aboriginal peoples have been identified, distinguished by names designating their ancestral languages, dialects, or distinctive speech patterns ...
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The varieties developed differently in different parts of Australia, by Aboriginal peoples of many language groups. [7] [5] Kriol is a totally separate language from English, spoken by over 30,000 people in Australia. [8] Specific features of Aboriginal English differ between regions.
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