A new study investigated children’s use of Kriol language at the Wugularr School in the Northern Territory.
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Australian Indigenous languages use a fascinating array of expressions drawing on body parts to describe emotions. Here is a guide to some of the most intriguing ones.
People still find ways to express old ways of speaking in a new language, so that language does not fundamentally alter their cultural identity.
It’s spoken by up to 20,000 people, but most Australians have never heard of Kriol. The creole of North Australia has evolved into a distinct language – but is it helping or killing Indigenous dialects?
A linguist from the University of Michigan has discovered a new language in a remote Indigenous community in northern Australia…
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Maïa Ponsonnet is a Friend of The Conversation.Researcher, Linguistics, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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