More than 90% of Australia’s Indigenous languages are critically endangered and two-thirds of those languages spoken a hundred years ago are now dormant. The seeds of the current situation were sown ...
Her great-great-grandmother is the source of the only audio recordings of the now sleeping Tasmanian Aboriginal languages – and June Sculthorpe is determined to wake them up. Fanny is the source of ...
A smartphone game designed by WA traditional owners to save their near-extinct language has been globally recognised for its social impact. "Nyiyaparli Widi" won five Anthem Awards, nominated ...
Despite few Australians knowing about Indigenous languages efforts are being made across the country to increase awareness of them. AAP exclaimed Milly, the receptionist at an Indigenous radio station ...
Among other things, the survival of a language depends on the prosperity and political influence of the community which speaks it Some five to seven thousand languages are spoken in the world today ...