Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 5 (Handbook of Australian Languages)
by R. M. W. Dixon
Handbook of Australian Languages (volume 5)
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Of the 5000-odd languages in the world, about half are spoken by only a few people and are endangered. A large number of Australian Aboriginal languages are in this situation, but efforts are being made to maintain such languages and even to revive languages no longer in active use. In this volume we present descriptions of three languages with fewer than 200 speakers: Bunuba in the Kimberley district of Western Australia, Ndjebbana in central Arnhem Land, and Nganhcara on Cape York. show more Whatever the fate of these languages, the present descriptions will serve as a record of their current state and a resource for the future. Each description follows the standard Handbook format and the terminology is designed to make the data accessible to more than just a specialist readership. The volume also contains a survey of the way Australia's indigenous languages are being used today in education and the media. show lessMember Reviews
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- 499.15 — Language Other languages Non-Austronesian languages of Oceania, Austronesian languages, miscellaneous languages Non-Austronesian languages of Oceania Aboriginal Australian languages
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- PL7001 .G7 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Oceania Australian languages
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