2/25/2023 0 Comments Edu words with friends![]() ![]() The best way would be to ask a speaker and find out something about the language from them directly. Picture: Research Unit for Indigenous Language/ University of Melbourneīut, how can you hear these languages today? The names of animals, like the galah, vary greatly between language groups. And only 13 of those were still being spoken by children. Australian Indigenous languages through timeīefore the First Fleet arrived on Australia’s shores in 1788, the First Peoples of this country spoke a multitude of languages.Īt the time of European settlement, there were hundreds of Indigenous languages, perhaps as many as 800, depending on how you divide languages and dialects.īut by 2016, just over 150 were reported in the census as being actively spoken at home. Now the same could be true for the languages of our own country, the languages of the First Nation. Think how easily many of us can recall simple greetings in these European languages. Islands of language enter virtual reality ![]() Ideally, a tourist guide covering your route could tell you key words in each language, much as it would if you were driving through Europe and needed to know words in French, Italian, German, or Spanish. And the same number between Melbourne and Adelaide. ![]() On a drive from Melbourne to Sydney you will travel through ten different language groups. Unfortunately, many Australians in 2020 still believe that there is just one Aboriginal language and have no idea about the linguistic diversity that exists across the country. If you know that there are many Indigenous languages, then you are better informed than most Australians. In Manyjilyjarra – which is spoken in northwest Western Australia – hello is ‘wanyjalpa’. And the word for grey kangaroo is ‘kurengi’ in Mathi Mathi spoken in the southern Murray Basin. Well, in Manyjilyjarra – spoken in northwest Western Australia – hello is ‘wanyjalpa’. Have you ever been driving through the vast Australian landscape and stopped to think ‘how would I say hello in the local Indigenous language’? Or seen a kangaroo and asked yourself what the local word for it is? ![]()
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