Words are the binds that keep communities together, but many of Australia's First Languages are rapidly being lost. When combined with new technologies, however, they can be preserved and spread in ...

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 ...

Her great-great-grandmother is the source of the only audio recordings of the now sleeping Tasmanian Aboriginal languages – and June Sculthorpe is determined to wake them up. Fanny is the source of ...

Aboriginal children are being born in Tasmania today knowing the sounds of their ancient tongue. They are the first to do so for 150 years Read more from Guardian Australia’s Speaking to country ...

Creating and cataloguing recordings of indigenous languages is a challenging enough technology task, but the Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre had some additional barriers to overcome: ...

When I first learned about the Australian Aboriginal language Warlpiri, I instantly became obsessed and had to learn as much as I could about it. Warlpiri has around 3,000 speakers in Australia’s ...

Environment minister Peter Garrett announced on August 10 that $9 million will be spent on rescuing 100 Aboriginal languages. However, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre condemned the plan as "cynical ...

Australia's Catholic bishops have approved a liturgy incorporating elements of Aboriginal language and culture, marking what some liturgists are hailing as a lived expression of the Second Vatican ...

How to travel and discover a language in these difficult times when the summer of 2020 is shaping up to be tough for the tourism world? You had planned a trip, a language trip perhaps? But no, ...

Victoria's proposed Treaty with Aboriginal people will bring about quite a few changes. As one of them, you might start hearing a few words you didn't know. The Statewide Treaty Bill, which passed the ...