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Overviews of languages

Aboriginal Language Areas in Victoria (Ian Clark/VACLANG)
A comprehensive report on the language and dialect areas in Victoria at the time of colonial contact; updated in 2005 [PDF 30pp]. [29/01/2003] http://www.vaclang.org.au/admin/file/content11/c7/Report%20on%20Languages%201996.pdf

Aboriginal languages (Central Land Council)
Outlines the Aboriginal languages spoken in the desert region of Central Australia, with information about how to pronounce words in languages such as Arrernte. See also Kinship and skin names. [12/02/2007] http://www.clc.org.au/ourculture/language.asp

Australian Aboriginal Languages (Encyclopedia Brittanica)
Search for "Aboriginal languages" for a good discussion of the topic. [15/07/2000] http://www.britannica.com/

Australian English and Aboriginal languages with The Lonely Planet Australian Phrasebook (Ian Green/ABC)
Ian Green of the Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics at Batchelor College in the Northern Territory talks about the section of the phrasebook devoted to Aboriginal Languages. [13/07/2000] http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/ling/stories/s28621.htm

Many nations, one people (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Introduction to Australian Aboriginal languages. [16/08/1999] http://www.abc.net.au/schoolstv/nations/ep5.htm

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