Professor Alexandra Aikhenvald and her team from Sydney University has recieved a grant close to AUD500,000 to do a project at James Cook University to help Hmong Australian language survive.

The audio is scratchy and distorted, sounding at times like it is being spoken through a wall. Yet the voice speaking is high and proud, with long, stretched syllables in English. When she breaks into ...

Jingulu, which is also known as Djingili, is a language in the Mirndl language family that is spoken in the Northern Territory in Australia. Other names for the language are Chunguloo, Chingalee, ...

Tiwi, an Australian language isolate, is spoken on the Tiwi Islands which are near the Northern Territory of Australia, according to Omniglot. Some of Tiwi’s different names are Diwi, Wongak, and ...

It took a while for Australians to appreciate their linguistic distinctiveness. The editors at the Australian National Dictionary Center work to document it. By Damien Cave CANBERRA, Australia — ...

Melissa Crouch does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Monash University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. I would never claim to be a suppository of wisdom but speaking off script can get a pollie into trouble. And, well, ...

According to Amanda Laugesen, author of Root e d, the widespread use of “wowser” helped to prevent temperance campaigners and people who were “publicly censorious of others and the pleasures they seek ...

English language requirement for Australian partner visa applicants to begin 'late 2021' Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge has revealed more details about the government's plan to introduce an ...

According to Amanda Laugesen, author of Root e d, the widespread use of “wowser” helped to prevent temperance campaigners and people who were “publicly censorious of others and the pleasures they seek ...