Category Archives: Culture

WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS A DYING (ABORIGINAL) LANGUAGE

Posted on May 18, 2018 by ling366

The main premise of this post is that language maintenance and language loss are influenced by POLITICS or the STRUGGLE for POWER. What does it mean when the country’s highest elected official speaks a dying Aboriginal language on very significant … Continue reading →

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The FUTURE of ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES in AUSTRALIA

Posted on May 18, 2018 by ling366

I believe that Ling 366 is a unit that does not only focus on Aboriginal Languages per se; it is also one that investigates the precarious status of said languages in Australia. In the course of my study for this … Continue reading →

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Yumplatok: “Our Talk” is not broken

Posted on May 18, 2018 by ling366

Torres Strait Creole emerged when Pidgin English was brought north following European colonization. Although Australian Creoles were born out of a necessity for communication with settlers, their status as complete and complex languages has not been recognized until relatively recently. … Continue reading →

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Maintaining Arrernte – A Place For Language

Posted on May 3, 2018 by ling366

https://www.apmere-angkentye-kenhe.com/ Hi everyone, The website, Apmere Angkentye-kenhe or, in English, ‘a place for language’, is a resource for those interested in learning Central/Eastern Arrernte, a language spoken in Central Australia. It is a telling source for those studying Australian language … Continue reading →

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Kriol to English Lexicon

Posted on May 3, 2018 by ling366

Hi everyone, I am very interested in Creoles so I decided to find something on the aboriginal Creole ‘Kriol’ that I could share. The Australian Society for Indigenous Languages (AuSIL) has been supporting indigenous languages in Australia since 1961 and … Continue reading →

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Lost language of Boandik Indigenous people revived in traditional possum fur cloak

Posted on September 30, 2016 by ling366

In this article you will read about Brooke Joy who has studied and speacialised in the Bunganditj language. The language was once spoken fluently by Boandik people, during the 20th Century the language gradually fell from use. Brooke is keen … Continue reading →

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Sonnets and NoongarPedia: language revitalisation takes centre stage

Posted on September 14, 2016 by ling366

Kylie Farmer, Sonnet Sunday – The Globe, 22nd April 2012 “In the old age black was not counted fair… But now is black beauty’s successive heir.” In the wake of Indigenous Literacy Week,  I thought I would share the article Sonnets and NoongarPedia: … Continue reading →

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Teaching Indigenous Languages in primary schools

Posted on August 9, 2016 by ling366

Hi everyone, I thought I’d share these news articles which relate how some primary schools have introduce their local Indigenous language and is taught to all children of the school and town. Even though Indigenous Language in Education is in … Continue reading →

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Australian Bureau of Statistics: Indigenous Languages

Posted on July 31, 2014 by ling366

Statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics looking at Australia’s Indigenous Languages Continue reading →

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Reconciliation Australia – Share Our Pride- Learn About Culture

Posted on July 13, 2014 by ling366

This dynamic Reconciliation Australia website called Share Our Pride has been developed to fill a need as expressed by employers for educating their workforce about indigenous culture. Material and information has been supplied and commented on by a wide range … Continue reading →

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