Douglas Adams’ Babel Fish Translator Concept Close to Reality as Language Applications Get Smarter
In his classic 1978 novel Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, British author Douglas Adams wrote of a…
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What is Language Extinction and Why Should We Care?
Almost half of the roughly 6,900 languages spoken around the world today are endangered. Scarily, the rate…
Why Australia is Home to One of the Largest Language Families in the World
The first person to set foot on the continent of Australia was a woman named Warramurrungunji. She…
Psychologists Issue Official Apology to Aboriginal People
They contributed to the mistreatment of Aboriginal people and the erosion of their culture and, even today,…
Why Old Theories On Indigenous Counting Just Won’t Go Away
My Australian-educated friends tell me they were taught at school that all Aboriginal people only counted one,…
Ngaya Ngyamitjimitang. This Is All I Can Say In My Own Language, and It Is Painful For Me
It seems extraordinary that I am writing about why Australians should know something about Australian languages. How…
Miriwoong Waniwoogeng! Language is the Only Way to Understand Our Ancient Culture
Only a handful of frail elders speak our language. Our youth can save it, but the language…
Ya Pulingina. Bringing These Words To Life is an Extension of Our Identity
Fanny Cochrane Smith’s death was a terrible blow to Tasmania’s languages but, nearly a century later, the…