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The word "koala" is derived from gula in the Dharuk and Gundungurra languages A Yuin man, c.1904The Dharug language, also spelt Darug, Dharuk, and other variants, and also known as the Sydney language, Gadigal language (Sydney city area), is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Yuin–Kuric group that was traditionally spoken in the region of Sydney, New South Wales, until it became ...
Prior to colonisation in 1788, the Aboriginal Australians living in the areas now known as New South Wales spoke between 35 - 40 languages [1] including between 70 - 100 dialects. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Some of these languages are closely related, many are no longer spoken fluently and some are considered endangered or extinct by linguists but are ...
The Dharug language, now in a period of revitalization, is generally considered one of two dialects, inland and coastal, constituting a single language. [2] [3] The word myall, a pejorative word in Australian dialect denoting any Aboriginal person who kept up a traditional way of life, [4] originally came from the Dharug language term mayal, which denoted any person hailing from another tribe.
The Yuin–Kuric languages are a group of mainly extinct Australian Aboriginal languages traditionally spoken in the south east of Australia. They belong in the Pama–Nyungan family . [ 1 ] These languages are divided into the Yuin , Kuri , and Yora groups, although exact classifications vary between researchers. [ 2 ]
At the time of European colonisation, more than 250 Indigenous languages, including 800 dialects, were believed to have been spoken continent-wide, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and ...
The other indigenous language spoken mainly in the eastern islands is Meriam Mir: a member of the Trans-Fly languages spoken on the nearby south coast of New Guinea and the only Papuan language spoken on Australian territory. Both languages are agglutinative; however Kalaw Lagaw Ya appears to be undergoing a transition into a declensional ...
Patyegarang (c 1780s) was an Australian Aboriginal woman, thought to be from the Cammeraygal clan [1] of the Dharug nation. Patyegarang (pronounced Pa-te-ga-rang) taught William Dawes the language of her people and is thought to be one of the first people to have taught an Aboriginal language to the early colonists in New South Wales.
Australian Aboriginal Pidgin English language: Few Nearly extinct Pidgin. Developed post-contact. Has been mostly creolized. Australian Kriol language: Creole, Pidgin English, Roper-Bamyili Creole 4,200 Vigorous WA, NT & Qld developed post-contact. 10, 000 second language speakers. Awabakal language: Awabakal 9 Dormant NSW. Being revived.