Indigenous Language Map
The data used for this map illustrates aboriginal language spoken at home either as a first or secondary language.
Indigenous language map. The gambay indigenous language map has been provided to the abc courtesy of first languages australia fla. The stories from the land. Indigenous languages of the americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from alaska nunavut and greenland to the southern tip of south america encompassing the land masses that constitute the americas these indigenous languages consist of dozens of distinct language families as well as many language isolates and unclassified languages. Indigenous place names in canada interactive map helps us all learn more about the significance of the lands that surround us and the indigenous languages cultures and the customs behind place names that make up our country s rich history and unique geography.
First peoples language map. Indigenous languages map of queensland indigenous languages map of queensland as part of state library s indigenous languages project this resource map aims to raise awareness of the diversity of queensland s aboriginal and torres strait islander languages and identify resources within state library collections to support language research and community language revival. This map attempts to represent the language social or nation groups of aboriginal australia. This map is just one representation of many other map sources that are available for aboriginal australia.
The interactive map showcases over 780 indigenous languages first languages australia the map is called gambay which means together in the butchulla language of the hervey bay region in. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans dialects or individual languages in a group. The indigenous language map is just one representation of other map sources that are available for describing aboriginal australia. British columbia is home to 203 first nations communities and an amazing diversity of indigenous lan.
It used published resources from 1988 1994 and is not intended to be exact nor the boundaries fixed. Fla worked closely with language centres and speakers around the country to develop the. Using published resources available between 1988 1994 this map attempts to represent all the language social or nation groups of the indigenous people of australia. Our government is proud to join with the provinces and territories to pay homage to the places and.