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Arrernte Dictionary
Small dictionary of Arrernte words for animals and objects with links to a language map of the region and additional Arrernte vocabulary lists.
http://aboriginalart.com.au/culture/arrernte4.html
Australian Government Language Preservation Programs
Details on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission language maintenance programs.
http://www.atsic.gov.au/programs/noticeboard/Language_Maintenance/Default.asp
Australian Indigenous Languages
Internet guide to Australian indigenous languages. Comprehensive site with dictionaries, language resources, organization contacts, wordlists, sound files and links to related sites.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/LANG/LangHome.html.7-98
Australian Linguistic Society
Details on the Australian Linguistic Society including information on membership, mailing list, projects, conferences and links to related sites.
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/rclt/als/index.html
University of South Australia Aboriginal Studies and Teacher Education Centre
Provides information for prospective students of Australian Aboriginal languages, particularly Pitjantjatjara, and links to other resources.
http://www.unisa.edu.au/unaipon/
The Kaurna People
A brief description of the culture, society and territory of the Kaurna people of what is now Adelaide, in South Australia. Also contains bibliographical sources for further research.
http://www.acc.asn.au/Kaurna.htm
Garawa (Garrwa)
Information on the extinct Garawa (or Garrwa) language, which used to be spoken in the Gulf of Carpentaria region close to the Northern Territory - Queensland border.
http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/garrwa/index.html
Australian Aboriginal Language Material
Language materials from the Flint papers including information on symbols, abbreviations, phonemes, orthographic conventions, recording practice,s and bibliography.
http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/index.html
Yanyula
Information on the Yanyula language (phonology, grammar, etc.), traditionally spoken along the north coast of the Northern Territory and in the Sir Edward Pellew Islands.
http://emsah.uq.edu.au/linguistics/austlang/Yanyula/yframe.html
Awabakal Language Place Names
Place names of the Lake Macquarie region of Australia.
http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/library/lhist/suburb/lmp&p/aboriginalwords.htm
Dative Split in Martuthunira
Research on nominative/accusative case-marking pattern in Martuthunira that distinguishes it from most of the non-accusative languages of the Pilbara.
http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/als98/dench842.html
The Declarative Intonation of Dyirbal
Acoustic study of intonation in Dyirbal, an almost extinct Australian language.
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~heather/book.html
Indigenous Languages Directory
National indigenous languages directory maintained by the Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
http://www.fatsil.org/links/nild.htm
Keeping the Aboriginal Language Strong
Article on the efforts of Christobel Swann to conserve Australian Aboriginal languages. Good discussion on some of the issues that make preserving endangered languages difficult to achieve.
http://www.bri.net.au/spokenword.html
Maningrida CEC: A school in Arnhem Land
A bilingual school in a large Aboriginal community in central Arnhem Land on the north coast of the Northern Territory of Australia with contact details and language map of the region.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mancec/
Uw Oykangand and Uw Olkola Multimedia Dictionary
Dictionary for a language spoken in the Cape York peninsula in North Queensland, Australia.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/index.html
Yindjibarndi Online Dictionary
WAV format sound files for Yindjibarndi vocabulary for body parts and some animals.
http://www.roebourne.wa.edu.au/culture/language.htm
Nhirrpi Language Data
A sketch grammar of Nhirrpi with bidirectional wordlists and sample sentences.
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~bowern/nhirrpi.htm
Australian Linguistics Network
Australian university departments with linguists, web pages and other Australian linguistics-related links.
http://www.sultry.arts.usyd.edu.au/links/au-ling.html
Australian Languages Links
Links, maps and specialty pages for Australian languages.
http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/
Experiences with Kirrkirr
Paper discussing what is desirable or necessary database technology to develop browsing interfaces to lexical databases for indigenous languages based on experiences developing such for the Kirrkirr language.
http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/annotation/database/papers/Manning_Parton/22.2.manning.pdf
Ayapathu Wordlist
Short list of Ayapathu vocabulary.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/ayapathu.htm
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Studies
Computer-based materials about Australian Indigenous languages including dictionaries, grammars and teaching materials for about 300 languages.
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASEDA/ASEDA.html
Turrbul/Yugerabul Aboriginal Glossary
Small glossary of basic words.
http://brisbane-stories.powerup.com.au/boondall/boondall_pages/artists/black_white/brettdion/gloss15.htm
Pakanh Alphabetical Search Index
Dictionary for the Pakanh language of central Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia. Includes vocabulary, glosses or translations and links to related cultural materials.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/pakalpha.htm
Kutthung Vocabulary
Vocabulary of the Kutthung or Kattang dialect once spoken along the southern bank of the Karuah river and south shore of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia.
http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~madms/kutthu.html
Kaurna Warra
Interactive dictionary and language data base for the Kaurna language.
http://kaurna.tripod.com/
Nonconfigurational Tense in Wambaya
1996 paper by Rachel Nordlinger and Joan Bresnan, arguing that correct analysis of the complex and unusual tense system in Wambaya must treat tense values as a composite of three additional primative binary features. the text of the paper is available from the site in various download formats.
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/nordlinger96nonconfigurational.html
Aboriginal Languages of Australia
Guide to internet resources for Australian indigenous languages.
http://www.dnathan.com/VL/
Dyirbal in Assimilation
Essay by Jan Wohlgemut discussing the social surroundings and grammatical change of present-day Dyirbal as compared to the language Dixon described in 1968.
http://www.linguist.de/Dyirbal/
Wagiman Online Dictionary
Dictionary and sample text for Wagiman, an aboriginal language spoken in Australia's Northern Territory.
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/lbry/dig_prgm/e_access/digital/a339234/home.html
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