Of the world's 7,000 languages, it is estimated 50% to 90% will no longer be spoken in the next 50 to 100 years. The majority under threat are languages spoken by Indigenous peoples around the world: ...

Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low. Australia has seen a major ...

Have you ever wondered how Australia’s many Indigenous languages relate to one another and how far back the connections go? The Australian continent has been settled by Indigenous people for at least ...

Native American language experts have been in Central Australia to try to save Indigenous languages from extinction. Only around 20 people speak Pertame Southern Arrernte, which originated near the ...

Imagine asking someone to move their "left foot" and receiving a puzzled look, not because they misunderstood you, but because their language has no words for left or right. Instead, speakers of Guugu ...

COFFS HARBOUR, Australia, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Whirling barefoot in a sand circle, Clark Webb leads a class of school children as they dance to clapsticks and the songs of the Gumbaynggirr, an ...

Western Australia's northernmost community has a population of fewer than 400 people, but three Aboriginal languages are still spoken. Kalumburu is more than 3,000 kilometres from Perth — it's closer ...

Lavinia Lovie Richards knows what it is to wake a sleeping language. The last native speaker of Barngarla, elder Moonie Davis, died back in the 1960s. He took with him a beautiful and complex language ...

Free tool for exploring languages spoken in Australia across all 551 local government areas will incorporate 2026 Census figures following their release by the ABS, scheduled for June 2027.Melbourne, ...