Australian Aboriginal languages
Let an agent describe Australian Aboriginal languages and their families respectfully, present documentation and revival efforts with attribution to communities and linguists, support learning where communities permit, and handle cultural protocols.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe Australian Aboriginal languages and their families respectfully, present documentation and revival efforts with attribution to communities and linguists, support learning where communities permit, and handle cultural protocols.
The languages Indigenous to mainland Australia and nearby islands, numbering several hundred at the time of European colonisation and grouped into families of which Pama-Nyungan is the largest alongside non-Pama-Nyungan families, including languages such as Tiwi, Wangkatha and many others; many are endangered or no longer spoken, while others are maintained and revived by their communities, and they are described here in the terms their speakers and communities use.
What it is for: Indigenous languages of Australia.
It can be describe languages and families; present documentation and revival; support learning appropriately; handle cultural protocols.
Distinguishing features
Many languages
Family structure
Endangerment and revival
Cultural protocols
What it looks like
Not physical; spoken and, increasingly, written languages.
How it is recognised
Indigenous languages of Australia
Pama-Nyungan and other families
Torres Strait Islander languages are distinct, and Kriol is a creole
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - speaker communities
is related to - another language family entry
In practice
Families and kinds
Pama-Nyungan languages
non-Pama-Nyungan families
sleeping and reawakened languages
strong languages still learned by children
contact languages
Standards and regulation
Community protocols for language and cultural knowledge
Language policy and funding in Australia
Archive access rules
Failure modes and hazards
Disrespecting community protocols
Outdated speaker counts
Presenting languages as extinct when revival is under way
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand The languages.
Attribution.
Families
Families and diversity.
Families
Families.
- How are Australian Aboriginal languages classified into families, and how many were and are spoken, according to linguists and community sources? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific language? action
Features
Linguistic features.
Features
Features.
- What linguistic features are characteristic, such as case systems, kinship terms and avoidance registers, as described by linguists? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful of community perspectives? boundary
Community Communities and revival.
Practice.
Revival
Maintenance and revival.
Revival
Revival.
- How are communities maintaining and reviving their languages, and which language centres and programmes exist? provenance
- Which entry fits language revitalisation? action
Protocols
Cultural protocols.
Protocols
Protocols.
- Which protocols apply to sharing language and cultural knowledge, and how should agents respect them? boundary
- Who holds authority over a language? provenance
Learn Learning and resources.
Practice.
Learning
Learning a language.
Learning
Learning.
- How can someone learn an Australian Aboriginal language where communities offer resources? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific resource? action
Archives
Documentation and archives.
Archives
Archives.
- Which archives and dictionaries document these languages, and what access rules apply? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
History History and policy.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did colonisation affect these languages, according to historians and communities? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Policy
Policy.
Policy
Policy.
- What language policies and recognition exist in Australia today? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each language be a separate entry?
- How should language centres be linked?
- How should protocols be documented?