Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously. Last week I wrote about how Australia’s ...

ABC's new portal for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Indigenous portal replaces and upgrades the pre-existing Message Stick gateway. It was developed in consultation with the ABC's ...

Despite few Australians knowing about Indigenous languages efforts are being made across the country to increase awareness of them. AAP exclaimed Milly, the receptionist at an Indigenous radio station ...

Smartphones almost “tipped the scales out of whack” when it came to keeping local Central Australian languages alive, one ...

Jingulu, which is also known as Djingili, is a language in the Mirndl language family that is spoken in the Northern Territory in Australia. Other names for the language are Chunguloo, Chingalee, ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains images and voices of people who have died. Mikayla Helms remembers driving 1,000 kilometres during school holidays to ...

Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” ...

Tiwi, an Australian language isolate, is spoken on the Tiwi Islands which are near the Northern Territory of Australia, according to Omniglot. Some of Tiwi’s different names are Diwi, Wongak, and ...

This story was originally published by First Languages Australia in Warra: Building teams, building resources. The Gumbaynggirr language is traditionally spoken in the northern coastal region of the ...

It may be a massive leap for Australia to jump beyond its current linguistic lassitude, but the increasingly difficult strategic terrain requires Canberra to think big and be bold. As a middle power ...