When colonizing Australia, the English encountered Indigenous ... But that’s not how it, or any language, is used in everyday communication. Here is a more representative Kriol sentence ...

Anyone new to Australia can appreciate how important it is to keep your mother tongue alive. Language is integral to your culture and Australia's Indigenous languages are no different, connecting ...

In Australia, when children have the local ... they have gone through I think is very problematic.” Language matters when it is used in front of the child Certain language can be particularly ...

Taking a closer look at two categories in the Census — the ancestry and language used at home, Census results were encouraging. In the language used in the home category, the figures show there ...