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Aboriginal Languages
For over 60,000 years and 2500 generations over one billion Aboriginal people have walked this land together...
Today we still walk, but we have more hands to hold. This will forever continue as we travel on our journey protecting our country, protecting our land, protecting our culture, protecting our language and protecting our people.
This is where we as Aboriginal people can learn and share with one another and you, our languages, our methods for preserving our languages and our ways of disseminating our languages.
Welcome to "Our Languages" website. This is our place and it is your place now.
Our aim is for this to become a place where People from all around Australia will be able to share and to come together in all manner of ways to support the 250 plus Aboriginal Languages that exist in this country. From learning to commence a language program, to finding out what tools and resources exist to help, even to actually learning a language- we hope that all of these things and more will become available here, and make some difference to your journey.
If you would like to see how you can become part of the "Our Languages" website please contact us.
Latest News
Traditional Language Used To Boost School Attendance
The principal of the Wilcannia Central School says teaching the local Aboriginal language is an important part of trying to boost the school's attendance rate. The school has an attendance rate...
17 May 2012 New South Wales News
Read moreCall For More Money For Indigenous Languages
The New South Wales Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG) is urging the federal government to set up a trust fund to protect indigenous languages. AECG's executive officer, Ray Ingrey, was in...
16 May 2012 New South Wales News
Read moreIndigenous Language Circle In Broken Hill
Language experts have met for a two-day conference in Broken Hill to promote teaching Aboriginal languages. The Paakantyi Language Sharing Circle involves teachers and elders from across the far west, as...
16 May 2012 New South Wales News
Read moreLanguage Teacher Gets to The Top
Maokela Nthako is a woman with a love for her language, Sesotho, and she has a goal to spread the message about the importance of indigenous languages among the youth. "Sesotho...
16 May 2012 International
Read moreVIEW: Saving Our Indigenous Languages — Asher John
Pakistan is one of the many countries in the modern world that can boast of a rich cultural, demographic, and geographic diversity. People in the US are often surprised when...
14 May 2012 International
Read moreMore Indigenous Language and Culture Needed on Canada's Airwaves
Vancouver Co-op Radio is a hotbed for First Nations cultural programming and a tool for Indigenous language revitalization. Long-time programmer Gunargie O'Sullivan wants the trend to spread to radio stations...
14 May 2012 International
Read moreStory of Indigenous Researcher Wins Award
The biography of an early researcher into Aboriginal languages, culture and history has been awarded Australia's richest prize for biographical writing. The Many Worlds of RH Mathews, In Search of an...
14 May 2012 National News
Read moreBangladesh Tribals Fear Linguistic 'Genocide'
Bangladesh can justly claim to be a nation born of language, but its status as a cradle of linguistic diversity is under threat from nationalist pride and economic growth. Of the...
14 May 2012 International
Read moreBook on Tribal Languages Released
A book entitled 'State Apathy of Tribal Languages in Manipur' written by Ragongning Gangmei was released at Manipur Press Club today. The book intents to create awareness about the 'safeguards for...
12 May 2012 International
Read moreSBS's Value Magnified By Global Village
Michael Ebeid is the Managing Director of SBS When my parents migrated to Australia from Egypt in the 1960s it cost two years' wages for a flight back to the mother...
11 May 2012 National News
Read moreConference at TRU Focuses on Saving Indigenous Languages
Of all the aboriginal languages and dialects spoken in Canada, only Cree is probably safe from fading into the past. The rest require conscious efforts to be passed down from generation...
11 May 2012 International
Read moreChile’s Indigenous Languages - Use It or Lose It, Experts Say
Educations experts say Chilean indigenous cultures need a new breath of life. The Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez hosted a seminar on Thursday addressing the need for Chile to advance in promoting...
10 May 2012 International
Read moreHonoring Our Elders, Establishing Our Traditions
FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE Last week I was blessed with the opportunity to watch the Children's Celebration take place in Centennial Hall. I sat next to my clan grandson Kingheestí, and...
10 May 2012 International
Read moreClass Notes: Aboriginal Ed
Plans for Vancouver school district's first aboriginal-focused school, slated to begin in September, are well underway. The kindergarten-to-Grade 3 school is being located at Macdonald elementary on East Hastings Street. A...
10 May 2012 International
Read morePreschoolers to Learn Second Language Under Tony Abbott and the Coalition
EVERY preschool child would have to study a foreign language if the Coalition wins the next election, as part of Tony Abbott's vision to help prepare Australia for the Asian...
10 May 2012 National News
Read moreStudy Finds Link Between Languages and High Biodiversity Regions
Earth is home to some of the most linguistically diverse regions, which are found specifically in hot spots and high biodiversity wilderness areas, new British-American research shows. Presented in the...
09 May 2012 International
Read moreSBS to Provide Free-To-Air Indigenous Television Service by Late 2012 Taking Over From National Indigenous
THE demise of funding to National Indigenous TV Limited (NITV) will mean a new free-to-air indigenous television service by late 2012, according to SBS. Over the next four years $63 million...
09 May 2012 National News
Read moreYoungsters Find Same Language in Footy
FOR Yunum, Muluk, Allaburra and Sylvo, English is a second or third tongue. But when it comes to footy, they and the Ballarat Swans juniors speak the same language.
09 May 2012 National News
Read moreA Gift for Languages Improves Class Results
Next time your child gets 50 per cent on a test at school, you may want to count your blessings. For many Australian children, even being able to write an answer...
09 May 2012 National News
Read moreIndigenous Languages Disappearing as Lobbying Starts for Bilingual Programmes
The Chair of an Aboriginal language group in north Queensland says urgent funding is needed before 80 per cent of indigenous languages spoken in the region are lost. The North Queensland...
08 May 2012 National News
Read moreCommunity Revival in Aboriginal Languages
In Australia, a community in the far west of New South Wales is hoping to revitalise the local Aboriginal language with a new course aimed at adults. An 18-month course in...
07 May 2012 New South Wales News
Read moreClear Focus On Indigenous Languages Is Rather Fuzzy
The Federal Government is nearly one year into a national inquiry into Indigenous languages. I spent a whole day this week working hard listening live to the Darwin hearing of...
04 May 2012 National News
Read moreAuthor's Sense Of Identity
Acclaimed WA author Professor Kim Scott will deliver the 2012 Miles Franklin Literary Award oration at Curtin University tonight. Scott was the first indigenous author to win the Miles Franklin, Australia's...
01 May 2012 Western Australia News
Read moreHopes For Revival Of An Aboriginal Language
It's hoped an adult language course at Menindee will help reinvigorate a lost Aboriginal language. The Menindee Central School is running weekly Paakantji classes for adults, starting tonight. The school has taught...
30 Apr 2012 New South Wales News
Read moreWorkshop Focuses On Aboriginal Languages
Researchers, teachers and students passionate about preserving, promoting and understanding Aboriginal languages met at a UQ-hosted conference recently. Held at the Moreton Bay Research Station...
26 Apr 2012 Queensland News
Read moreThe Aboriginal Art Of Making Possum-Skin Cloaks
Sarah Rhodes has been recording the meaning of historic possum-skin cloaks to indigenous communities. INDIGENOUS ELDERS LEE DARROCH and Vicki Couzens began a revival of the historically southern Australian Aboriginal art...
26 Apr 2012 Victorian News
Read moreWhat Does Cheese Have To Do With Preserving Languages?
Three linguists liken saving endangered languages to preserving the variety of cheeses. Reclamation and maintainance of languages can result in cultural diversity and pride.
23 Apr 2012 National News
Read more'I Realised The Power Of Words And Reading' State's First Aboriginal Teacher On The Importance
When May O'Brien was young, Aboriginal children couldn't attend state schools, but she had a passion for learning that she wants all indigenous children to share. Removed from her family when...
23 Apr 2012 Western Australia News
Read moreAustralian Indigenous Languages At Top Of Threatened List
Linguistic analysts predict that 90% of the world's languages will disappear by the end of this century. Topping the threatened list are Australian Indigenous languages. Only 20 of an original 250...
22 Apr 2012 National News
Read moreAlmost 70 Years Later, Digger Gets His Burial
BEFORE he volunteered to fight in the New Guinea campaign in 1942, Private Frank Richard Archibald needed ''dog tags'' to walk into an Armidale shop. They weren't soldier's tags, although he...
20 Apr 2012 New South Wales News
Read moreWhere The Future Meets The Past: Heritage Enshrined In Our Newest Park
It's a suburban park without a playground or barbecues, but what it does have is just as important for establishing a sense of place in one of Canberra's newest suburbs. Gubur...
19 Apr 2012 Australian Capital Territory News
Read moreAustralia: The Aboriginal People
Australia suffers from the highest rate of language extinction in the world. Once home to more than 200 languages spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of the continent, now only about...
18 Apr 2012 National News
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