Aboriginal language custodians release a road map for the survival and revival of Northern Territory Indigenous languages.

When a language dies, a whole swathe of cultural practices and perceptions die too. In Australia, people are using technology to preserve and celebrate language and culture. Language—we're constantly ...

Imagine asking someone to move their "left foot" and receiving a puzzled look, not because they misunderstood you, but ...

Professor Ray Norris of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and colleagues from Macquarie University have researched the use of stars and constellations by certain ...

Thirteen gazetted Aboriginal place names in Tasmania written in the reconstructed palawa kani language will have their first letter changed from lower-case to upper-case. Palawa kani language ...

Australian aboriginals who use their own language at home are less likely to be obese than those who speak only English. University of Western Australia research found those who spoke Noongar, ...

If you were to ask me two years ago what my favorite language family was, I would have said that I couldn’t pick one. I would say that because I believe that every language family is interesting in ...

More than a decade after Gene Gibson was wrongfully convicted for the murder of Broome tradesman Josh Warneke, Aboriginal interpreters say they are still overlooked by police.

Only three fluent speakers of Marra remain. 'My Grandmother's Lingo' is an interactive animation that asks users to speak words from this endangered Aboriginal language. At the conclusion, you can pin ...

Unusual Australian smartphone apps include one to help people caught in an earthquake A smartphone app has been launched to help save an Australian indigenous language that is in danger of ...

Cherylynne Catanzariti has been teaching Aboriginal language for almost 30 years but it was not until 2024 that she began leading classes at Kaurna Plains School in Elizabeth, where her mother first ...

Bangkok, Mar 9 (EFE).Bangkok, Mar 9 (EFE). — A contemporary dance theater group in southern Australia has revived a lost Aboriginal language by integrating native songs into public workshops and ...