Australian Aboriginal Languages - Virtual Library

Source: Mobile Language Team / University of Adelaide

The MLT website has resources for a number of South Australian languages. This page for Adyamathanha is one of the more comprehensive ones.

http://www.mobilelanguageteam.com.au/languages/about/adnyamathanha

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.06/08/2015

Central Australia | NT Language Centre Support Program

Source: Margaret Carew/Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics, Batchelor Institute

A program supporting Central Australian languages through innovative projects such as the Kaytetye Bird App and the Iltyem-iltyem website for teaching and learning Central Australian sign languages, and many more resources for Arrernte, Warlpiri, Alyawarr, Anmatyerr and other languages.

http://central.batchelor.edu.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/04/2015

Spotlighting Australia

Source: James Bednall/Crikey

A linguist's experience of working with the language Anindilyakwa, providing an introduction to the Warnindilyakwa people and their language. An item from ,a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/">Fully (sic), Crikey's language blog, which features several posts on Australian languages.

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2015/09/03/spotlighting-australias-languages-anindilyakwa/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/04/2015

Central Australia | NT Language Centre Support Program

Source: Margaret Carew/Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics, Batchelor Institute

A program supporting Central Australian languages through innovative projects such as the Kaytetye Bird App and the Iltyem-iltyem website for teaching and learning Central Australian sign languages, and many more resources for Arrernte, Warlpiri, Alyawarr, Anmatyerr and other languages.

http://central.batchelor.edu.au/

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Central Australia | NT Language Centre Support Program

Source: Margaret Carew/Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics, Batchelor Institute

A program supporting Central Australian languages through innovative projects such as the Kaytetye Bird App and the Iltyem-iltyem website for teaching and learning Central Australian sign languages, and many more resources for Arrernte, Warlpiri, Alyawarr, Anmatyerr and other languages.

http://central.batchelor.edu.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/04/2015

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Dha?u (Wangurri) Dictionary

Source: ARDS

Background information and 900-word dictionary of the Dha?u languages of Yol?u matha -- (Wangurri, G

http://www.ards.com.au/365_docs/attachments/protarea/Dhan-2933791b.pdf

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/11/2015

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Dha?u (Wangurri) Dictionary

Source: ARDS

Background information and 900-word dictionary of the Dha?u languages of Yol?u matha -- (Wangurri, G

http://www.ards.com.au/365_docs/attachments/protarea/Dhan-2933791b.pdf

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/11/2015

Gathang Community Portal: Gathangguba Barray

Source: First Voices/Gathang Language Group/Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative

A collaborative and community-based effort to provide online resources for Gathang, the language of the Birrbay, Guringay and Warrimay people. Contains a browsable and searchable wordlist, and some games.

http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Gathang

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.28/12/2012

Bininj Kunwok: kunwok dja manngarre ngadberre

Source: Bininj Gunwok project

Bininj Gunwok refers to six mutually intelligible dialects stretching from Kakadu National Park south to Pine Creek and Manyallaluk, and east across the Arnhem Land plateau. This site has a wonderful array of information about Kunwinjku and related languages, including maps, texts, grammar, phrases with audio, publications, and photos. Notably, all the menus and much of the information is in Kunwinjku.

http://bininjgunwok.org.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.15/12/2012

Jiwarli

Source: Peter K. Austin

General information, references and short story with audio, for Jiwarli. There is also a short dictionary sample with the promise of a comprehensive online dictionary.

https://jiwarli.wordpress.com/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.22/10/2015

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi

Source: Kaurna Warra Karrpanthi Aboriginal Corporation

A language organisation supporting the Kaurna language. Ths site contains links to language resources, wordlists, maps, courses, placenames, language requests, and audio versions of Welcome to Country.

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/kwp/kwk/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.17/10/2015

Strategies for Re-Introducing Languages No Longer Spoken to Children and Adults

Source: Rob Amery & Vincent (Jack) Kanya Buckskin

Rob and Vincent's course at inField 2010. Based on ideas and strategies for re-introducing the "sleeping" language Kaurna to a range of learners in a context in which the teachers are themselves learning the language. Several PPT resources on Kaurna names, greetings, songs etc.

http://linguistics.uoregon.edu/infield2010/workshops/re-introducing-languages/index.php

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.24/04/2011

Central Australia | NT Language Centre Support Program

Source: Margaret Carew/Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics, Batchelor Institute

A program supporting Central Australian languages through innovative projects such as the Kaytetye Bird App and the Iltyem-iltyem website for teaching and learning Central Australian sign languages, and many more resources for Arrernte, Warlpiri, Alyawarr, Anmatyerr and other languages.

http://central.batchelor.edu.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/04/2015

Development of new Indigenous language: Gurindji Kriol

Source: Felicity Meakins / Waleed Aly / ABC

In this interview by Waleed Aly, Felicity Meakins describes Kriol, a language spoken by about 20,000 people across northern Australia. It has regional varieties, such as Gurindji Kriol described in this interview.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/development-of-new-indigenous-language3a-gurindji-kriol/5845414

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Kaartdijin Noongar

Source: South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council

This site contains a wealth of language and cultural materials and references to Noongar resources. Its language page links to a a wordlist, a full Noongar Dictionary by Rose Whitehurst, and an audio Welcome to Country performance.

http://www.noongarculture.org.au/language

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.06/08/2015

Wagiman language

Source: Wikipedia

A Wikipedia article on the Wagiman language. Wikipedia has an increasing number of pages on Indigenous languages. They can be useful sources, but vary greatly in quality and tend to be rather oriented toward technical linguistic description. This Wagiman page is one of the most comprehensive of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagiman

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.24/04/2011

Spotlighting Australia

Source: Rosie Sitorus/Crikey

Linguist Rosie Sitorus provides an introduction to the languages and peoples of the midwest, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. An item from ,a href="http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/">Fully (sic), Crikey's language blog, which features several posts on Australian languages.

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2015/10/01/spotlighting-australias-languages-wajarri/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/04/2015

Central Australia | NT Language Centre Support Program

Source: Margaret Carew/Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics, Batchelor Institute

A program supporting Central Australian languages through innovative projects such as the Kaytetye Bird App and the Iltyem-iltyem website for teaching and learning Central Australian sign languages, and many more resources for Arrernte, Warlpiri, Alyawarr, Anmatyerr and other languages.

http://central.batchelor.edu.au/

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/04/2015

Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre

Source: Wangka Maya

Comprehensive site based around supporting the languages of the Pilbara area. Has information and resources for 26 Pilbara languages, including overviews and examples, dictionaries, and language teaching materials.

http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/

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Dha?u (Wangurri) Dictionary

Source: ARDS

Background information and 900-word dictionary of the Dha?u languages of Yol?u matha -- (Wangurri, G

http://www.ards.com.au/365_docs/attachments/protarea/Dhan-2933791b.pdf

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.10/11/2015

Handbook of Western Australian Languages South of the Kimberley Region

Source: Nicholas Thieberger

The Internet Archive version of Nick’s comprehensive 1996 annotated bibliography and guide to the Indigenous languages of most of Western Australia.

http://web.archive.org/web/20000816224023/http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/WA/wahbk.htm

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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide

Source: Harold Koch / Rachel Nordlinger

Provides an overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Note: unfortunately this desirable book is another high-priced volume from De Gruyter (even the PDF version costs $350).

http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181330

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Languages and their Status in Aboriginal Australia

Source: Michael Walsh

A general survey of the nature and history of Australian languages (chapter 1 of Walsh & Yallop (eds) 1993 Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia. [PDF, 13 pages]

http://lryb.aiatsis.gov.au/PDFs/walshyallop_ch1.pdf

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Languages of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples - A Uniquely Australian Heritage

Source: Kazuko Obata and Jason Lee / Australian Bureau of Statistics

An article from 2010 providing a general outline of Australian languages and their place in contemporary Australia.

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/1301.0Feature%20Article42009%E2%80%9310?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1301.0&issue=2009%9610&num=&view=

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The National Indigenous Language Survey Report 2005

Source: Australian Government/AIATSIS/FATSIL

The National Indigenous Languages Survey (NILS) Report 2005 summarises and analyses a 2004 survey of Indigenous languages’ vitality, status and resources. There is also a academic discussion about the survey. See also the resport from the second survey, 2014.

http://arts.gov.au/sites/default/files/pdfs/nils-report-2005.pdf

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.24/04/2011

Population Composition: Indigenous languages

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Apparently the most recent ABS stattistics on speakers of Indigenous languages. See also Australian Standard Classification of Languages.

http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/2f762f95845417aeca25706c00834efa/aadb12e0bbec2820ca2570ec001117a5!OpenDocument

This is the date when the item first appeared in this virtual library. It may have been changed or updated since then.06/08/2015