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This is the subcategory for languages native to Australia and the Torres Straits Islands. There are approximately 258 known languages in this family, a large percentage of which are endangered or extinct. The major families of languages that will be found underneath this category are: Bunaban Burarran Daly Djamindjungan Djeragan Enindhilyagwa Gagudjuan Garawan Gungaraganyan Gunwingguan Laragiyan Mangerrian Maran Nyulnyulan Pama-Nyungan Tiwian West Barkly Wororan Yiwaidjan
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Aboriginal Languages of Australia
http://www.dnathan.com/VL/
Guide to internet resources for Australian indigenous languages. -
Arrernte Dictionary
http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/arrernte4.html
Small dictionary of Arrernte words for animals and objects with links to a language map of the region and additional Arrernte vocabulary lists. -
Australian Languages Links
http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/
Links, maps and specialty pages for Australian languages. -
Australian Linguistic Society
http://www.als.asn.au/
Details on the Australian Linguistic Society including information on membership, mailing list, projects, conferences and links to related sites. -
Dyirbal in Assimilation
http://www.linguist.de/Dyirbal/
Essay by Jan Wohlgemut discussing the social surroundings and grammatical change of present-day Dyirbal as compared to the language Dixon described in 1968. -
Kutthung Vocabulary
http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/kutthu.html
Vocabulary of the Kutthung or Kattang dialect once spoken along the southern bank of the Karuah river and south shore of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia.
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