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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:

Bunaban
Burarran
Daly
Djamindjungan
Djeragan
Enindhilyagwa
Gagudjuan
Garawan
Gungaraganyan
Gunwingguan
Laragiyan
Mangerrian
Maran
Nyulnyulan
Pama-Nyungan
Tiwian
West Barkly
Wororan
Yiwaidjan

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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.
http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/arrernte4.html

Australian Government Language Preservation Programs Details on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission language maintenance programs.
http://www.atsic.gov.au/programs/noticeboard/Language_Maintenance/Default.asp

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.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/LangHome.html.7-98

Australian Linguistic Society Details on the Australian Linguistic Society including information on membership, mailing list, projects, conferences and links to related sites.
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/als/index.html

Awabakal Language Place Names Place names of the Lake Macquarie region of Australia.
http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/library/lhist/suburb/lmp&p/aboriginalwords.htm

Dative Split in Martuthunira Research on nominative/accusative case-marking pattern in Martuthunira that distinguishes it from most of the non-accusative languages of the Pilbara.
http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/als98/dench842.html

The Declarative Intonation of Dyirbal Acoustic study of intonation in Dyirbal, an almost extinct Australian language.
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~heather/book.html

Indigenous Languages Directory National indigenous languages directory maintained by the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
http://www.fatsil.org/links/nild.htm

Keeping the Aboriginal Language Strong Article on the efforts of Christobel Swann to conserve Australian Aboriginal languages. Good discussion on some of the issues that make preserving endangered languages difficult to achieve.
http://www.bri.net.au/spokenword.html

Maningrida CEC: A school in Arnhem Land A bilingual school in a large Aboriginal community in central Arnhem Land on the north coast of the Northern Territory of Australia with contact details and language map of the region.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mancec/

Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola Multimedia Dictionary Dictionary for a language spoken in the Cape York peninsula in North Queensland, Australia.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/index.html

Yindjibarndi Online Dictionary WAV format sound files for Yindjibarndi vocabulary for body parts and some animals.
http://www.roebourne.wa.edu.au/culture/language.htm

Nhirrpi Language Data A sketch grammar of Nhirrpi with bidirectional wordlists and sample sentences.
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~bowern/nhirrpi.htm

Australian Linguistics Network Australian university departments with linguists, web pages and other Australian linguistics-related links.
http://www.sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au/links/au-ling.html

Australian Languages Links Links, maps and specialty pages for Australian languages.
http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/

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.
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/annotation/database/papers/Manning_Parton/22.2.manning.pdf

Ayapathu Wordlist Short list of Ayapathu vocabulary.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/ayapathu.htm

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.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASEDA/ASEDA.html

Turrbul/Yugerabul Aboriginal Glossary Small glossary of basic words.
http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/boondall/boondall_pages/artists/black_white/brettdion/gloss15.htm

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.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/pakalpha.htm

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.
http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/kutthu.html

Kaurna Warra Interactive dictionary and language data base for the Kaurna language.
http://kaurna.tripod.com/

Nonconfigurational Tense in Wambaya 1996 paper by Rachel Nordlinger and Joan Bresnan, arguing that correct analysis of the complex and unusual tense system in Wambaya must treat tense values as a composite of three additional primative binary features. the text of the paper is available from the site in various download formats.
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/nordlinger96nonconfigurational.html

Aboriginal Languages of Australia Guide to internet resources for Australian indigenous languages.
http://www.dnathan.com/VL/

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.
http://www.linguist.de/Dyirbal/

Wagiman Online Dictionary Dictionary and sample text for Wagiman, an aboriginal language spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/lbry/dig_prgm/e_access/digital/a339234/home.html

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.
http://www.unisa.edu.au/unaipon/

The Kaurna People A brief description of the culture, society and territory of the Kaurna people of what is now Adelaide, in South Australia. Also contains bibliographical sources for further research.
http://www.acc.asn.au/Kaurna.htm

Australian Aboriginal Language Material Language materials from the Flint papers including information on symbols, abbreviations, phonemes, orthographic conventions, recording practice,s and bibliography.
http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/index.html

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.
http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/Yanyula/yframe.html

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.
http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/garrwa/index.html






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