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Senator Pauline Hanson says Australia’s immigration policy has led to “culturally separate communities” in Australian cities. AAP/Mick Tsikas

FactCheck: do ‘over a million’ people in Australia not speak English ‘well or at all’?

Senator Pauline Hanson raised concerns about immigration and social cohesion, saying ‘more than a million people’ in Australia ‘cannot speak English well or at all’. Let’s look at the numbers.
People currently speak 7,000 languages around the globe. Michael Gavin

Why do human beings speak so many languages?

There’s little research into origins of the geographic patterns of language diversity. A new model exploring processes that shaped Australia’s language diversity provides a template for investigators.
Fewer young Australians are learning languages. Why? from shutterstock.com.au

How to make Australia more bilingual

The benefits of bilingualism are clear and pronounced, so why don’t more Australians learn a second language?
Despite few Australians knowing about Indigenous languages efforts are being made across the country to increase awareness of them. AAP

Some Australian Indigenous languages you should know

Most Australians cannot manage the name of a single Indigenous language which is astonishing given there are 250 to choose from

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