Indigenous Languages
The gambay indigenous language map has been provided to the abc courtesy of first languages australia fla.
Indigenous languages. For indigenous peoples languages not only identify their origin or membership in a community they also carry the ethical values of their ancestors the indigenous knowledge systems that make them one with the land and are crucial to their survival and to the hopes and aspirations of their youth. On 5 february 2019 the canadian government tabled the indigenous languages act which seeks to protect and revitalize indigenous languages in canada. Aymara which is an official language of bolivia and national languages are not necessarily indigenous. Many proposals to group these into higher level.
60 number of aboriginal languages considered alive and in use as a first tongue today. Indigenous languages are spoken widely and are official languages in nunavut and the northwest territories while the yukon recognizes the significance of the indigenous languages of the territory. Fla worked closely with language centres and speakers around the country to develop the. An indigenous language or autochthonous language is a language that is native to a region and spoken by indigenous people this language is from a linguistically distinct community that originated in the area.
The state of indigenous languages today mirrors the situation of indigenous. Indigenous languages are under threat so too are indigenous peoples themselves. Number of aboriginal languages spoken in australia before invasion. Australian aboriginal languages family of some 200 to 300 indigenous languages spoken in australia and a few small offshore islands by approximately 50 000 people.
The threat is the direct consequence of colonialism and colonial practices that resulted in the decimation of. 11 percentage of aboriginal people mainly speaking an aboriginal language at home in 2008 unchanged from 2002. 600 number of dialects spoken in australia before invasion. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be.
Indigenous language a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere language. 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. Yet many of them are in danger of disappearing. Many of the languages are already extinct and some are spoken by only dwindling numbers of elderly people but a few are still vigorous.