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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesReport, National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, Backing Australian languages : review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Initiatives Program : final report, 1995
... Backing Australian languages : review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages Initiatives Program : final report...Final report from this body, looking at the effectiveness of Language maintenance programs, a systematic approach to language loss, nature of relationship between languages etc....National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia...literacy language education Final report from this body, looking at the effectiveness of Language maintenance programs, a systematic approach to language loss, nature of relationship between languages etc. ...Final report from this body, looking at the effectiveness of Language maintenance programs, a systematic approach to language loss, nature of relationship between languages etc.literacy, language education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesCD-ROM, NSW Aboriginal Languages Research and Resource Centre, The Aboriginal Languages of NSW: an introduction for schools and communities, 2007
... The Aboriginal Languages of NSW: an introduction for schools and communities...Why learn an Aboriginal language? : benefits of learning a language; specific benefits for Aboriginal students; why offer an Aboriginal language in NSW schools?...NSW Aboriginal Languages Research and Resource Centre...language maintenance language and education CD-ROM Contents: What is this CD rom for? ...Contents: What is this CD rom for? Why learn an Aboriginal language? : benefits of learning a language; specific benefits for Aboriginal students; why offer an Aboriginal language in NSW schools?; First steps to start a school-based Aboriginal language program Information about NSW Aboriginal languages: Aboriginal language revival in NSW : the same but different; sounds and writing system; some grammatical features; Map of Aboriginal languages of NSW; List of languages on this CD.CD-ROMlanguage maintenance, language and education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Broadcasting, Languages, Arts and Culture Section, Needs survey of community languages 1996, 1996
... Needs survey of community languages 1996...The survey aims to document the Indigenous language situation and to establish the extent of Indigenous language needs so as to provide a sound basis for further program planning....Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Broadcasting, Languages, Arts and Culture Section...education policy language policy maps, survey The survey aims to document the Indigenous language situation and to establish the extent of Indigenous language needs so as to provide a sound basis for further program planning. ...The survey aims to document the Indigenous language situation and to establish the extent of Indigenous language needs so as to provide a sound basis for further program planning.maps, surveyeducation policy, language policy -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
DVD, Languages Unit Curriculum K12 Directorate NSW Department of Education and Training, My language, my country : teaching Aboriginal languages in NSW, 2007
... My language, my country : teaching Aboriginal languages in NSW...This film is designed for use by those involved in teaching Aboriginal Languages in schools. It shows how schools in Gumbaynggirr country (in NSW) work with the community to develop their language programs. ...Languages Unit Curriculum K12 Directorate NSW Department of Education and Training...It shows the cooperation between teachers, linguists and community tutors in preparation and delivery of Aboriginal Language programs in Gumbaynggirr country, NSW My language, my country : teaching Aboriginal languages in NSW DVD Languages Unit Curriculum K12 Directorate NSW Department of Education and Training ...This film is designed for use by those involved in teaching Aboriginal Languages in schools. It shows how schools in Gumbaynggirr country (in NSW) work with the community to develop their language programs. It shows the cooperation between teachers, linguists and community tutors in preparation and delivery of Aboriginal Language programs in Gumbaynggirr country, NSWDVDgumbaynggirr -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, Victorian Indigenous languages policy and development workshop : policy development issues : sample documents, 2007
... Victorian Indigenous languages policy and development workshop : policy development issues : sample documents...Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages...Victorian Indigenous languages policy and development workshop : policy development issues : sample documents Book Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages ... -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Project, Australian Indigenous languages framework, 1994
... Australian Indigenous languages framework...Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Project...education bilingual education LOTE languages other than english language revival Aboriginal English language ecology diagrams, graphs Australian Indigenous languages framework Book Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Project ...diagrams, graphseducation, bilingual education, lote, languages other than english, language revival, aboriginal english, language ecology -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Project, Australian Indigenous languages framework support materials, 1994
... Australian Indigenous languages framework support materials...Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Project...Kaurna education bilingual education LOTE languages other than english language revival Aboriginal English language ecology maps, tables Australian Indigenous languages framework support materials Book Australian Indigenous Languages Framework Project ...maps, tableskaurna, education, bilingual education, lote, languages other than english, language revival, aboriginal english, language ecology -
Koorie Heritage Trust
Book, Blazak, Alexandra, Wurrung wurrung Victorian Aboriginal Languages Resource Kit, 2008
... Wurrung wurrung Victorian Aboriginal Languages Resource Kit....Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for languages...Aboriginal Australians -- Victoria -- Languages -- Study and teaching. | Aboriginal Australians -- Civilization -- Study and teaching. | Victoria -- Civilization -- Study and teaching. | A resource kit for teachers of Aboriginal languages. ...A resource kit for teachers of Aboriginal languages. "Wurrung Wurrung is a teaching and learning kit for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and teachers at primary and secondary level. The kit contains photocopiable activity sheets and resources for studies in cultural awarness through language." -- Publisher's website. "The Wurrung Wurrung Kit is designed to introduce students at all levels to the heritage of Aboriginal languages within the area now known as Victoria. The kit aims to: Create awareness of Victorian Aboriginal languages in the past and present. The kit is not designed for the teaching of languages, Develop students' understanding of the relationship between the languages and culture of Victorian Indigenous people, or Koories, Create awareness of the importance of language to indigenous communities today and to foster respect for these communities and their languages, Highlight the diversity within Aboriginal Victoria and Australia in terms of languages and culture, Provide resources for students and teachers that can be used either as a window into Aboriginal culture generally, or to complement a broader unit of work in indigenous studies."--P. 5.5-51 P.; maps; charts; refs.; ports,; ill,A resource kit for teachers of Aboriginal languages. "Wurrung Wurrung is a teaching and learning kit for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and teachers at primary and secondary level. The kit contains photocopiable activity sheets and resources for studies in cultural awarness through language." -- Publisher's website. "The Wurrung Wurrung Kit is designed to introduce students at all levels to the heritage of Aboriginal languages within the area now known as Victoria. The kit aims to: Create awareness of Victorian Aboriginal languages in the past and present. The kit is not designed for the teaching of languages, Develop students' understanding of the relationship between the languages and culture of Victorian Indigenous people, or Koories, Create awareness of the importance of language to indigenous communities today and to foster respect for these communities and their languages, Highlight the diversity within Aboriginal Victoria and Australia in terms of languages and culture, Provide resources for students and teachers that can be used either as a window into Aboriginal culture generally, or to complement a broader unit of work in indigenous studies."--P. 5.aboriginal australians -- victoria -- languages -- study and teaching. | aboriginal australians -- civilization -- study and teaching. | victoria -- civilization -- study and teaching. | -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaBooklet - Catalogue, The Bible Society in Australia Inc, Scripture Resources in many languages - 1988, May 1988
... Scripture Resources in many languages - 1988......languages...Small catalogue with sketches of faces on front cover and photographs of bibles in different languages, all in red ink....bible scriptures languages Small catalogue with sketches of faces on front cover and photographs of bibles in different languages, all in red ink. ...Small catalogue with sketches of faces on front cover and photographs of bibles in different languages, all in red ink.bible, scriptures, languages -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, J Hobson, Re-awakening languages : theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous Languages, 2010
... Re-awakening languages : theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous Languages...Language policy and planning, Language in communities, Language centres and programs, Language in education, Literacy and oracy, Language and technology, Language documentation...linguistics sociolinguistics Kaurna Wiradjuri Ngapartji Ngapartji Dharug Dhurga language and technology Screen shots, b&w photographs, b&w diagrams Language policy and planning, Language in communities, Language centres and programs, Language in education, Literacy and oracy, Language and technology, Language documentation Re-awakening languages : theory and practice in the revitalisation of Australia's Indigenous Languages Book J Hobson Kevin Lowe ...Language policy and planning, Language in communities, Language centres and programs, Language in education, Literacy and oracy, Language and technology, Language documentationScreen shots, b&w photographs, b&w diagramslinguistics, sociolinguistics, kaurna, wiradjuri, ngapartji ngapartji, dharug, dhurga, language and technology -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Ministerial Council on Education Employment Training and Youth Affairs, National statement for languages education in Australian schools : national plan for languages education in Australian schools 2005-2008, 2005
... National statement for languages education in Australian schools : national plan for languages education in Australian schools 2005-2008...Part 1 National Statement for Languages Education in Australian Schools - purpose and nature of languages education, Part 2, National Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools 2005-2008....languages in education curriculum development language education frameworks language policy Part 1 National Statement for Languages Education in Australian Schools - purpose and nature of languages education, Part 2, National Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools 2005-2008. ...Part 1 National Statement for Languages Education in Australian Schools - purpose and nature of languages education, Part 2, National Plan for Languages Education in Australian Schools 2005-2008.languages in education, curriculum development, language education frameworks, language policy -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesConference proceedings, Jon Reyhner, Revitalizing Indigenous Languages, 1999
... Revitalizing Indigenous Languages...Obstacles and Opportunities for Language Revitalization/Language Revitalization efforts & approaches/The role of writing in Language Revitalization/Using Technology in Language Revitalization...B&w photographs, screen shots, tables Obstacles and Opportunities for Language Revitalization/Language Revitalization efforts & approaches/The role of writing in Language Revitalization/Using Technology in Language Revitalization Revitalizing Indigenous Languages Conference proceedings Jon Reyhner Gina Cantoni ...Obstacles and Opportunities for Language Revitalization/Language Revitalization efforts & approaches/The role of writing in Language Revitalization/Using Technology in Language RevitalizationB&w photographs, screen shots, tables -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Nicholas Thieberger, Paper and talk : a manual for reconstituting materials in Australian Indigenous languages from historical sources, 1995
... Paper and talk : a manual for reconstituting materials in Australian Indigenous languages from historical sources...Collection of essays about language and language sources....linguistics Murri endangered languages Sheet music, b&w photographs, maps, word lists Collection of essays about language and language sources. ...Collection of essays about language and language sources.Sheet music, b&w photographs, maps, word listslinguistics, murri, endangered languages -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Dr Ian D Clark et al, Language resources : a report to the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages for the Wurundjeri Land Tribe Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council Inc, 1998
... Language resources : a report to the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages for the Wurundjeri Land Tribe Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council Inc....Language resources for a number of Victorian Indigenous languages....Language resources : a report to the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages for the Wurundjeri Land Tribe Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council Inc. ...Language resources for a number of Victorian Indigenous languages.daungwurrung, taungurung, woiwurrung, woi wurrung, yorta yorta, way wurru, dhudhuroa, wadiwadi, wadi wadi, wembawemba, wemba wemba, wathawurrung, wathaurong -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Bernard Comrie, SBS SBS atlas of languages : the origin and development of languages throughout the world, 2003
... SBS SBS atlas of languages : the origin and development of languages throughout the world...Over 30 full-colour maps, over 40 of the world?s major languages, language family trees, over 100 stunning full-colour photographs. ...SBS SBS atlas of languages : the origin and development of languages throughout the world Book Bernard Comrie Stephen Matthews ...Over 30 full-colour maps, over 40 of the world?s major languages, language family trees, over 100 stunning full-colour photographs. A full glossary of linguistic terms.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographslinguistics, maps, atlases -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesCD-ROM, Board of Studies New South Wales, Winangaylanha Dhayn-gu Gaay : understanding Aboriginal languages : working with the Aboriginal languages K-10 syllabus : a guide for Aboriginal community collaboration for school based languages programs, 2004
... Winangaylanha Dhayn-gu Gaay : understanding Aboriginal languages : working with the Aboriginal languages K-10 syllabus : a guide for Aboriginal community collaboration for school based languages programs...Supporting the Aboriginal languages K-10 syllabus, this resource assists Aboriginal community participation in the teaching of Aboriginal languages in schools. ...Supporting the Aboriginal languages K-10 syllabus, this resource assists Aboriginal community participation in the teaching of Aboriginal languages in schools. ...A guide for Aboriginal community collaboration for school-based programs. Supporting the Aboriginal languages K-10 syllabus, this resource assists Aboriginal community participation in the teaching of Aboriginal languages in schools. Technical Details System requirements (PC): 64 Mb RAM; Windows 98; 800x600 screen; thousands of colours.CD-ROMmulticultural education, multilingualism -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Western Australian Ministry of Education, Framework for the teaching of Aboriginal languages in primary schools, 1992
... Framework for the teaching of Aboriginal languages in primary schools...Goals and strategies for teaching Aboriginal languages to Aboriginal students with differing language knowledge; suggested language activities....primary school education Aboriginal studies curriculum development b&w illustrations Goals and strategies for teaching Aboriginal languages to Aboriginal students with differing language knowledge; suggested language activities. ...Goals and strategies for teaching Aboriginal languages to Aboriginal students with differing language knowledge; suggested language activities.b&w illustrationsprimary school education, aboriginal studies, curriculum development -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Conference proceedings, Marleen Haboud, Endangered languages : voices and images, 2011
... Endangered languages : voices and images...Linguistic and Sociolinguistic properties; sociolinguistics and endangered languages; Rights, identities and new technologies; New media cultures and endangered languages; Rebuilding peoples in Ecuador and revitalizing their languages Documentation - successful experience; Language rights of endangered languages...language endangerment Worrorra language technologies documentation Maps, graphs Linguistic and Sociolinguistic properties; sociolinguistics and endangered languages; Rights, identities and new technologies; New media cultures and endangered languages; Rebuilding peoples in Ecuador and revitalizing their languages Documentation - successful experience; Language rights of endangered languages Endangered languages : voices and images Conference proceedings Marleen Haboud Nicholas Ostler ...Linguistic and Sociolinguistic properties; sociolinguistics and endangered languages; Rights, identities and new technologies; New media cultures and endangered languages; Rebuilding peoples in Ecuador and revitalizing their languages Documentation - successful experience; Language rights of endangered languagesMaps, graphslanguage endangerment, worrorra, language technologies, documentation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook with CD-ROM, Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia, Australia's Indigenous languages, 1996
... Australia's Indigenous languages...The book shows that Australia's languages are rich, living languages that are relevant to all Australians. ...language and culture bilingual education linguistics language and technology yorta yorta ganai Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographs, word lists, sheet music, CD-ROM The book shows that Australia's languages are rich, living languages that are relevant to all Australians. ...The book shows that Australia's languages are rich, living languages that are relevant to all Australians. You can share the pride that Indigenous people have in their language by reading their accounts of what their language means to them and by learning about how Australian Indigenous languages are structured and used.Maps, colour illustrations, colour photographs, word lists, sheet music, CD-ROMlanguage and culture, bilingual education, linguistics, language and technology, yorta yorta, ganai -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, L A Hercus, Victorian languages : a late survey, 1997
... Victorian languages : a late survey...Outlines and notes on a variety of Victorian languages. Chapters on the Wemba Wemba language; the Wergaia Language (Djadjala dialect); the Madimadi language; and the Narinari language; phonetic notes on Gundidj, Woiwuru, Yodayoda, Ganai (Gippsland) and Southern Ngarigu; Aboriginal - English Vocabularies; and an English - Aboriginal vocabulary....Victorian languages : a late survey Book L A Hercus ...Outlines and notes on a variety of Victorian languages. Chapters on the Wemba Wemba language; the Wergaia Language (Djadjala dialect); the Madimadi language; and the Narinari language; phonetic notes on Gundidj, Woiwuru, Yodayoda, Ganai (Gippsland) and Southern Ngarigu; Aboriginal - English Vocabularies; and an English - Aboriginal vocabulary.maps, word lists, b&w photographswemba wemba, wembawemba, madimadi, madhi madhiu, woiwuru, woiwurrung, wergaia, djadjala, narinari, wadi wadi, gundidj, buandidj, buandig, yodayoda, yorta yorta, gippsland, southern narigu, glossaries, vocabularies, luise hercus -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Jim Wafer et al, A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 2008
... A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory...Provides a survey of the Indigenous languages of NSW and the ACT and word-lists for 42 distinct language varieties. ...Madhi Madhi Wemba Wemba Yorta Yorta Dhudhuroa Bidawal Maps, word lists Provides a survey of the Indigenous languages of NSW and the ACT and word-lists for 42 distinct language varieties. ...Provides a survey of the Indigenous languages of NSW and the ACT and word-lists for 42 distinct language varieties. With a chapter on contact languages by Jean HarkinsMaps, word listsmadhi madhi, wemba wemba, yorta yorta, dhudhuroa, bidawal -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Guy Tunstill, Reviving languages : Warranna Purruttiappendi : Tumbelin Tungarar : renewal and reclamation programs for Indigenous languages in schools, 1999
... Reviving languages : Warranna Purruttiappendi : Tumbelin Tungarar : renewal and reclamation programs for Indigenous languages in schools...Directed at language revival in schools. Includes planning and teaching, LOTE areas, further information and guidelines....Kaurna Ngarrindjeri curriculum development language revival education language learning bilingualism LOTE South Australian education system b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, word lists Directed at language revival in schools. ...Directed at language revival in schools. Includes planning and teaching, LOTE areas, further information and guidelines.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, word listskaurna, ngarrindjeri, curriculum development, language revival, education, language learning, bilingualism, lote, south australian education system -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Languages : expanding your world : plan to implement the Victorian Government's vision for languages education 2013-2025, 2013
... Languages : expanding your world : plan to implement the Victorian Government's vision for languages education 2013-2025...A long term government plan to increase diversity of language learning and proficiency across Victorian schools....language and education bilingualism language revival government school education program certification certificate of language proficiency education policy colour photographs, colour illustrations, tables A long term government plan to increase diversity of language learning and proficiency across Victorian schools. ...A long term government plan to increase diversity of language learning and proficiency across Victorian schools.colour photographs, colour illustrations, tableslanguage and education, bilingualism, language revival, government school education, program certification, certificate of language proficiency, education policy -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Janet Sharp et al, Bilybara : the Aboriginal languages of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, 1992
... Bilybara : the Aboriginal languages of the Pilbara region of Western Australia...Includes language programs, working with languages, linguistic work, some definitions, places in the Pilbara, language exercises....Includes language programs, working with languages, linguistic work, some definitions, places in the Pilbara, language exercises. ...Details on various Western Australian Pilbara languages, Banyjima, Manyjilyarra, Martuthunira, Ngarla, Ngarluma, Nyangumarta, Warnman, Yindijibarndi. Includes language programs, working with languages, linguistic work, some definitions, places in the Pilbara, language exercises.Maps, word lists, tablespama nyungan, kanyara, mantharta, ngayarda, marrngu, ngumpin, wati, palyku, nyiyaparli, pilbara languages -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Conference proceedings, Nigel Crawhill, Creating outsiders : endangered languages, migration and marginalisation : proceedings of the ninth FEL Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa 18-20 November 2005, 2005
... Creating outsiders : endangered languages, migration and marginalisation : proceedings of the ninth FEL Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa 18-20 November 2005...Outward Migration & Endangered Languages; Inward Migration & Endangered Languages; First Peoples; Policy, Power & Endangered Languages; States & Minorities; Migrations in History & Prehistory...endangered languages language revival migration linguistic diversity maps, b&w photographs, tables Outward Migration & Endangered Languages; Inward Migration & Endangered Languages; First Peoples; Policy, Power & Endangered Languages; States & Minorities; Migrations in History & Prehistory Creating outsiders : endangered languages, migration and marginalisation : proceedings of the ninth FEL Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa 18-20 November 2005 Conference proceedings Nigel Crawhill Nicholas Ostler ...Outward Migration & Endangered Languages; Inward Migration & Endangered Languages; First Peoples; Policy, Power & Endangered Languages; States & Minorities; Migrations in History & Prehistorymaps, b&w photographs, tablesendangered languages, language revival, migration, linguistic diversity -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Kenneth Katzner, The languages of the world, 2002
... The languages of the world...Sample texts of over 200 languages....language families linguistics world languages Tables The major language families of the world are looked at closely. ...The major language families of the world are looked at closely. Sample texts of over 200 languages.Tableslanguage families, linguistics, world languages -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Anthony J Liddicoat, Teaching languages, teaching cultures, 2000
... Teaching languages, teaching cultures...Intercultural Language Teaching (ILT) is now making its way as the emerging new approach to language teaching. ...globalisation and language second language learning sociolinguistics diagrams, b&w illustrations, word lists Intercultural Language Teaching (ILT) is now making its way as the emerging new approach to language teaching. ...Intercultural Language Teaching (ILT) is now making its way as the emerging new approach to language teaching. At its core ILT offers an approach to teaching culture as an integrated part of language and this has several implications for language teaching pedagogy and practice.diagrams, b&w illustrations, word listsglobalisation and language, second language learning, sociolinguistics -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Australia talks : essays on the sociology of Australian immigrant and Aboriginal languages, 1983
... Australia talks : essays on the sociology of Australian immigrant and Aboriginal languages...Australia is becoming a living laboratory for research into socio-linguistic/sociology of languages, offering three main fields; aboriginal languages, local varieties of English and immigrant languages in contact with English....linguistics sociolinguistics immigrants Tables Australia is becoming a living laboratory for research into socio-linguistic/sociology of languages, offering three main fields; aboriginal languages, local varieties of English and immigrant languages in contact with English. ...Australia is becoming a living laboratory for research into socio-linguistic/sociology of languages, offering three main fields; aboriginal languages, local varieties of English and immigrant languages in contact with English.Tableslinguistics, sociolinguistics, immigrants -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, National Indigenous languages survey report 2005, 2005
... National Indigenous languages survey report 2005...They have skilled and devoted language workers and teachers, excellent teaching materials, good documentation of languages and active community language centres...Aboriginal English education AIATSIS FATSIL language endangerment language maintenance language revival language policy language proficiency maps, colour photographs, tables, graphs The National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005 highlights that: of an original estimated 250 known Australian Indigenous languages, only 18 languages are now considered 'strong' and have speakers in all age groups; about 110 Indigenous languages are still spoken by older people but are endangered; words and phrases are still in use and there is community support in many parts of the country for reclamation and learning programs for many other languages which are no longer fully spoken; communities around Australia possess many of the elements required to keep Indigenous languages strong or to reclaim them. ...The National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005 highlights that: of an original estimated 250 known Australian Indigenous languages, only 18 languages are now considered 'strong' and have speakers in all age groups; about 110 Indigenous languages are still spoken by older people but are endangered; words and phrases are still in use and there is community support in many parts of the country for reclamation and learning programs for many other languages which are no longer fully spoken; communities around Australia possess many of the elements required to keep Indigenous languages strong or to reclaim them. They have skilled and devoted language workers and teachers, excellent teaching materials, good documentation of languages and active community language centresmaps, colour photographs, tables, graphsaboriginal english, education, aiatsis, fatsil, language endangerment, language maintenance, language revival, language policy, language proficiency -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for LanguagesBook, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian standard classification of languages (ASCL), 2005
... Australian standard classification of languages (ASCL)...This second edition is part of a periodical review process that aims to reflect changes to Australia's language profile. The review also enabled improvements to the classification in terms of language coverage (particularly for Australian Indigenous Languages) and the grouping of certain languages....statistical data language statistics The Australian Bureau of Statistics developed the Australian Standard Classification of Languages for use in the collection, storage and dissemination of all Australian statistical and administrative data relating to the languages spoken in Australia. ...The Australian Bureau of Statistics developed the Australian Standard Classification of Languages for use in the collection, storage and dissemination of all Australian statistical and administrative data relating to the languages spoken in Australia. The classification was a response to wide community interest in the language usage of the Australian population and the consequent need to provide quality and consistent statistical and administrative data on this topic. This second edition is part of a periodical review process that aims to reflect changes to Australia's language profile. The review also enabled improvements to the classification in terms of language coverage (particularly for Australian Indigenous Languages) and the grouping of certain languages.statistical data, language statistics
