australian aboriginal languages

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Definition of australian aboriginal languages in English English dictionary

Group of perhaps 250 languages spoken by the one to two million native inhabitants of Australia before the beginning of European conquest in 1788. More than half are now extinct; of the remainder, only about 20, mostly in the North Territory and northern Western Australia, remain in active use by both adults and children. Most Australian languages belong to a single superfamily, Pama-Nyungan, and the remainder, a very diverse group of languages spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and parts of the North Territory, may be remotely akin to Pama-Nyungan

Hyphenation

Aus·tral·ian Ab·o·rig·i·nal languages

Turkish pronunciation

ôstreylyın äbırîcınıl länggwıcız

Pronunciation

/ôˈstrālyən ˌabərˈəʤənəl ˈlaɴɢgwəʤəz/ /ɔːˈstreɪljən ˌæbɜrˈɪʤənəl ˈlæŋɡwəʤəz/