Abstract Many Australian Aboriginal people use a sign language (“hand talk”) that mirrors their local spoken language and is used both in culturally appropriate settings when speech is taboo or ...

The Language Conservancy, a nonprofit organization founded by Indigenous educators and activists in the U.S., estimates that 61 percent of languages around the world that were spoken as a first ...

The Ma! Iwaidja app — The Ma! Iwaidja free mobile phone app aims to prevent the extinction of the Iwaidja language -- one of Australia's 100 endangered languages.

Shane hopes that other Aboriginal artists embrace their traditional visual language. "Talk to your Elders first, or talk to the knowledge holder that understands the sites. Listen to the story.

Less than three months after the death of seventeen-year-old Aboriginal boy Thomas “TJ” Hickey on February 14 this year, the Australian media has virtually buried the issue. To the extent it ...