Attitudes and policies relating to Australian Indigenous languages are in a state of flux. The Northern Territory government is reportedly again aiming to banish Aboriginal languages from the classroom…
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Indigenous languages
Displaying 61 - 69 of 69 articles
One of Australia’s biggest Aboriginal language groups, Noongar (spoken in Western Australia’s south-west) is set to be preserved…
More than 90% of Australia’s Indigenous languages are critically endangered and two-thirds of those languages spoken a hundred years ago are now dormant. The seeds of the current situation were sown long…
The village of Akazu’yw lies in the rainforest, a day’s drive from the state capital of Belém, deep in the Brazilian Amazon. Last week I went to Akazu’yw, carrying a dozen Android phones with a specialised…
Arts minister Simon Crean’s newly released cultural policy, Creative Australia, represents a refreshing change. It is underpinned by an understanding that not only are the arts closely linked to each other…
Of the 7,000 languages spoken on the planet, Tembé is at the small end with just 150 speakers left. In a few days, I will head into the Brazilian Amazon to record Tembé – via specially-designed technology…
Indigenous communities are devastated when languages are lost. This was the conclusion of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs last month. The…
It is not often that the opportunity comes along to make a real difference, but a new report into Indigenous languages in Australia has the potential to do just that. Our Land, Our Languages has already…
Language and Indigenous experts have welcomed a government report that recommends bilingual school education programs for Indigenous communities, saying it will benefit all Australians and help get some…
Top contributors
-
Professor of Linguistics, The University of Queensland
-
Professor emerita, Australian National University
-
Professor of Linguistics, Yale University
-
Professor of Education, Charles Darwin University
-
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
-
Associate professor, University of the Western Cape
-
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
-
Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
-
Professor, Charles Darwin University
-
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor and Reader, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Research Unit for Indigenous Language, School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions, University of Manitoba
-
Lecturer, School of Humanities, Griffith University
-
Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
-
Research Fellow, University of Sydney
