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The National Indigenous Languages Survey is a regular Australia-wide survey of the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages [14] conducted in 2005, [15] 2014 [16] and 2019. [ 14 ] Languages with more than 100 speakers:
The Australian Aboriginal languages consist of around 290–363 [45] languages belonging to an estimated 28 language families and isolates, spoken by Aboriginal Australians of mainland Australia and a few nearby islands. [46] The relationships between these languages are not clear at present.
Some Aboriginal people, especially those living in remote areas, are multi-lingual. [52] Many of the original 250–400 Aboriginal languages (more than 250 languages and about 800 dialectal varieties on the continent) are endangered or extinct, [54] although some efforts are being made at language revival for some.
I take great indigenous pride in the progress my Indigenous people are making. The Chickasaws, for example, are blessed to have one of the greatest leaders in their history in Gov. Bill Anoatubby.
An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigenous language and an official language of Bolivia .
The National Indigenous Languages Survey (NILS) for 2018-19 found that more than 120 Indigenous language varieties were in use or being revived, although 70 of those in use are endangered. [23] The 2021 census found that 167 Indigenous languages were spoken at home by 76,978 Indigenous Australians. [ 24 ]
Over a thousand known languages were spoken by various peoples in North and South America prior to their first contact with Europeans. These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century (with the Nordic settlement of Greenland and failed efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador) and the end of the 15th century (the voyages of Christopher Columbus).
Murrinh-Patha is the most common language used in day-to-day life by Aboriginal people in Wadeye, and many young people are fluent only in Murrinh-Patha. Aboriginal people who have recently married into Wadeye generally take a few years to acquire the new language. There is a near-total lack of acquisition of Murrinh-Patha by European ...