Australian Natural Languages Linguistics

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: Yiwaidjan

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• Australian Linguistics Network - Australian university departments with linguists, web pages and other Australian linguistics-related links.
  
• Australian Linguistic Society - Details on the Australian Linguistic Society including information on membership, mailing list, projects, conferences and links to related sites.
  
• Awabakal Language Place Names - Place names of the Lake Macquarie region of Australia.
  
• Dyirbal in Assimilation - Essay by Jan Wohlgemut discussing the social surroundings and grammatical change of present-day Dyirbal as compared to the language Dixon described in 1968.
  
• Australian Languages Links - Links, maps and specialty pages for Australian languages.
  
• University of South Australia Aboriginal Studies and Teacher Education Centre - Provides information for prospective students of Australian Aboriginal languages, particularly Pitjantjatjara, and links to other resources.
  
• Australian Indigenous Languages - Internet guide to Australian indigenous languages. Comprehensive site with dictionaries, language resources, organization contacts, wordlists, sound files and links to related sites.
  
• Nhirrpi Data - A sketch grammar of Nhirrpi with bidirectional wordlists and sample sentences. The language, from South Australia, is also called Palpamadramadra and it is very close to Yandruwandha.
  
• Garawa (Garrwa) - Information on the extinct Garawa (or Garrwa) language, which used to be spoken in the Gulf of Carpentaria region close to the Northern Territory - Queensland border.
  
• Ayapathu Wordlist - Short list of Ayapathu vocabulary.
  
• Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia - A facsimile version of the Martuthunira grammar is made available by the author (Alan Dench) as a set of linked PDF files. The Table of Contents, Index entries, and all internal text references to sections of the grammar, the bibliography, and language ex
  
• Indigenous Languages Directory - National indigenous languages directory maintained by the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
  
• Arrernte Dictionary - Small dictionary of Arrernte words for animals and objects with links to a language map of the region and additional Arrernte vocabulary lists.
  
• Kaurna Warra - Interactive dictionary and language data base for the Kaurna language.
  
• Pakanh Alphabetical Search Index - Dictionary for the Pakanh language of central Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia. Includes vocabulary, glosses or translations and links to related cultural materials.
  
• Australian Aboriginal Language Material - Language materials from the Flint papers including information on symbols, abbreviations, phonemes, orthographic conventions, recording practice,s and bibliography.
  
• Kutthung Vocabulary - 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.
  
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies - Computer-based materials about Australian Indigenous languages including dictionaries, grammars and teaching materials for about 300 languages.
  
• Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola Multimedia Dictionary - Dictionary for a language spoken in the Cape York peninsula in North Queensland, Australia.
  
• Aboriginal Languages of Australia - Guide to internet resources for Australian indigenous languages.
  
• Yanyula - Information on the Yanyula language (phonology, grammar, etc.), traditionally spoken along the north coast of the Northern Territory and in the Sir Edward Pellew Islands.
  
• Yindjibarndi Online Dictionary - WAV format sound files for Yindjibarndi vocabulary for body parts and some animals.
  
• Experiences with Kirrkirr - Paper discussing what is desirable or necessary database technology to develop browsing interfaces to lexical databases for indigenous languages based on experiences developing such for the Kirrkirr language. [PDF]
  
  

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