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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.
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 ...
Australian languages typically resist certain connected speech processes which might blur the place of articulation of consonants at C 1 (C 2), such as anticipatory assimilation of place of articulation, which is common around the world. In Australia, this type of assimilation seems only to have affected consonants within the apical and laminal ...
See also Category:Indigenous Australian language stubs for related articles in need of expansion. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
It is the first legislation in Australia to acknowledge the significance of First Languages. [13] The Aboriginal Language and Culture Nest project in NSW draws together communities with a common language to create opportunities to "revitalise, reclaim and maintain traditional languages". [14]
These are the names in Claire Bowern's Master List of Australian Languages, v1.2. Yuwaaliyaay XXX Pama-Nyungan Central NSW Yuwaalaraay kld Pama-Nyungan Central NSW Yuru XXX Pama-Nyungan Dyirbalic Yulparija XXX Pama-Nyungan Wati Yugul XXX Arnhem Marran Yugambal yub Pama-Nyungan Bandjalangic Yorta Yorta xyy ("yyo") Pama-Nyungan Yotayotic
Download as PDF; Printable version ... This article is a list of language families. This list only includes primary ... Australia: Gunwinyguan: 5 1,314 Australia ...
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 ...