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The languages of Australia are the major historic and current languages used in Australia and its offshore islands. Over 250 Australian Aboriginal languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact. [1] English is the majority language of Australia today.
Australian Aboriginal Pidgin English language: Few Nearly extinct Pidgin. Developed post-contact. Has been mostly creolized. Australian Kriol language: Creole, Pidgin English, Roper-Bamyili Creole 4,200 Vigorous WA, NT & Qld developed post-contact. 10, 000 second language speakers. Awabakal language: Awabakal 9 Dormant NSW. Being revived.
The primary typological division in Australian languages: Pama–Nyungan languages (tan) and non-Pama–Nyungan languages (mustard and grey) People who speak Australian Aboriginal languages as a percentage of the population in Australia, divided geographically by statistical local area at the 2011 census
Pages in category "Languages of Australia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Australian Aboriginal languages" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Pama–Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, [1] containing 306 out of 400 Aboriginal languages in Australia. [2] The name "Pama–Nyungan" is a merism: it is derived from the two end-points of the range, the Pama languages of northeast Australia (where the word for "man" is pama) and the Nyungan languages of southwest Australia (where the ...
These are the names in Claire Bowern's Master List of Australian Languages, v1.2. Yuwaaliyaay XXX Pama-Nyungan Central NSW Yuwaalaraay kld Pama-Nyungan Central NSW Yuru XXX Pama-Nyungan Dyirbalic Yulparija XXX Pama-Nyungan Wati Yugul XXX Arnhem Marran Yugambal yub Pama-Nyungan Bandjalangic Yorta Yorta xyy ("yyo") Pama-Nyungan Yotayotic
It is the country's common language and de facto national language; while Australia has no official language, English is the first language of the majority of the population, and has been entrenched as the de facto national language since British settlement, being the only language spoken in the home for 72% of Australians. [5]