Indigenous peoples speak more than 4,000 of the world’s 7,000-odd languages. These native tongues function as so much more than a means of communication; they encode community histories, traditions, ...

A Japanese scholar Yasunori Hayashi came to Australia to learn how to play the Didgeridoo and was advised to learn the Yolngu ...

University of Alberta provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Alberta provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Indigenous languages are currently in ...

Indigenous Language in Chile's Atacama Desert Revived : State of the World from NPR Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are ...

This summer, Amy E. Chalán Vacacela ’24 opened the course catalog and clicked straight to the Ethnicity, Migration, Rights offerings. When EMR 151: “Quechua, Indigenous language revitalization and ...

The critical situation of indigenous languages directly affects their users. This situation also carries a special and wider significance for all of us because of their role and relevance in peace ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

Jane Simpson receives funding from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CE140100041), and is working on the National Indigenous Languages Report, funded by the Department of ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story contains images and voices of people who have died. Mikayla Helms remembers driving 1,000 kilometres during school holidays to ...

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 ...