Aboriginal Languages -Fast Facts
- Australian Aboriginal -‘indigenous’- society dates back around 60,000 years.
- When the First British Fleet arrived in Australia in 1788, there were thought to be roughly 250 Australian languages and 700 dialects.
- Of the original 250 or so languages, only aroun
d 20 survive today, but these are spoken regularly and taught in schools. - Kriol is spoken mostly in northern Australia.
- Kriol is the most widely used Aboriginal language and the native language of many young Aboriginals.
- Kriol contains many English words but the meanings are often different and the spelling is phonetic.
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