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SO good to see an Aboriginal language on here!- Remember pre European contact- it is estimated that there were about 500 different Australian languages-and that's not including the dialects. There are still around 300 languages spoken here in Australia today.
We actually have some videos from the Nyoongar community, although they are more in English than Nyoongar, so stay tuned! What is your ancestral language? :)
Wikitongues, thank you for providing a platform for people to hear Aboriginal Australian languages. Most non-Aboriginal Australians have probably never heard language, I know I didn't until I was an adult. Look forward to hearing more.
True. I'm an Aussie in my fifties and I've always been interested in languages. Even though I lived in Townsville for a while I never heard anybody speak an indigenous language in real life in Australia. I've only heard them on the internet and rarely on TV and movies. I have heard indigenous languages in several other countries in my world travels though.
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Thank you for the work that you do in preserving Indigenous languages, Karina! I live in Adelaide and I'm sad that we never learnt any Aboriginal languages in primary school :( I think it should be compulsory. It was beautiful listening to you speak in your native tongue.
These languages must be preserved at all cost. They are culture, they are history! Colonialism wiped out so many, we must preserve those that still live.
I didn’t realize there were quite so many indigenous people and languages still in substantial use in Australia. How wonderful!! (As an American I’m know lots of people think the same thing about the US, so perhaps I should have known)
Australian languages that are not English creoles don't have more than about 3,000 speakers any more. A few that are still thriving are spoken by much smaller groups, such as some of the Yolngu languages. Creole languages such as Kriol and Yumplatok now have more speakers.
I found something striking the first time I listened to it, but I wasn't sure what. After a couple of listens, I realized it's the total lack of /s/ in Yankunytjatjara.
Kaya and thankyou Karina, wonderful to hear your language as I have little experience of South Aus. Grew up in Yorta Yorta land, now in the Whadjuk land of the Noongar people. Although I'm 100% wadjela, having convict ancestry both sides, I am so humbled by the extraordinary history of this land and the people, the languages and culture, though ashamed at what has been lost since invasion too. Thankyou for keeping your culture and language alive for all of us.
There is nothing wrong with remembering where you're from, no matter where you come from, and keeping old languages alive is a great thing. Best of luck with it, sincerely!
Wow, to my ears, this sounds like a combination of Tagolog and South Asian e.g. Bangladeshi, it would be fascinating to figure the evolution of how it was formed.
I love the aboriginal people. It would be cool to learn the language one day but I doubt that will happen. Preserve it no matter what. You don’t know who you are unless you know where you’re coming from❤️
I came to ask exactly the same thing! I seem to remember a decade or two ago that it had one of the highest counts of speakers, around 3,000, but I was shocked to discover last time I checked that there are now only a few hundred )-:
I have to admit - it was difficult for me to un-hear her saying 으로(eu-ro), 자고(ja-go), 지 지말(ji ji-mal)... Over and over again! Of course, I know there are only so many sounds humans can articulate, (these ones, in particular, being on the simpler side) so there tends to be a lot of coincidental overlap amongst completely unrelated languages, but still. If I were creative, I could almost string together a full, semi-coherent korean conversation!
I can't detect any similarities. I haven't been to Myanmar but Australian languages don't strike me as being similar to languages of Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, or Vietnam where I have travelled off the tourist routes. Maybe you're think of South Asia rather than Southeast Asia?
Why does the words of her language sounds similar to tamil. By the way, I don’t understand if the languages but the sounds is similar listening to it. Is there a connection?
Yes, mate. DNA links them, and so does the language comparison. I'm a layman, but the more I see the words spelled and the language and tones spoken, they are descended from the Tamil. Probably migrated from the sea a maximum 4000 years ago.
@@hotwheelsearl I know that's why I found it interesting that she sounded more Australian (at least to me) when she spoke that particular aboriginal language.
@@hotwheelsearl No. She spoke the aboriginal language like any other native speaker (I reckon). But the bunch of English words she happened to throw during her speech in that aboriginal language sounded more Australian than her entire speech in English. Maybe just an auditory illusion.
Sounds like Hindi related. They speculate based on looks alone that some aboriginals look like a certain ethinc group from the southern part of India that probably traveled by boat to Australia and stayed.
To me this sounds like either Papuan or Austronesian languages than anything from India. I'd probably have confused it for being related to Indonesian in some way, even though I'd still be wrong.
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So great to see some Australian Aboriginal languages!
We'll be archiving and amplifying a terrific oral histories collection by First Languages Australia, so stay tuned! More are on the way :)
Really appreciate those who work for language preservation ❤️
Have a look at First Languages Australia: firstlanguages.org.au/! We will be helping them archive and amplify a tremendous collection of oral histories from different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, including Karina's video here. What's your mother tongue (or ancestral language)? :)
SO good to see an Aboriginal language on here!- Remember pre European contact- it is estimated that there were about 500 different Australian languages-and that's not including the dialects. There are still around 300 languages spoken here in Australia today.
Amazingly beautiful. Language is one of mankind’s most precious resources. It is a gift that we must preserve at all cost. This channel is amazing.
Thank you so much for being a part of Wikitongues! We appreciate you
Thanks Wikitongues, I've never heard an Australian language but always wondered how such a language sounds.
Thank you for following along! Stay tuned for more :)
@Welsh Simon what he/she means is Aboriginal Australian languages, the languages spoken before English arrived in Australia.
@Welsh Simon what are you talking about, english isnt australian
@@gayvideos3808 Not originally, but there is a distinctive Australian form of English.
@@gayvideos3808 NOO I AM ENGLAND AMERICAAAAAAAAN!!!!
Can't wait for more indigenous Australian languages. Any chance for (whadjuk) nyoongar? The people of where I am from in Australia.
We actually have some videos from the Nyoongar community, although they are more in English than Nyoongar, so stay tuned! What is your ancestral language? :)
@@Wikitongues +1 for Nyoongar!
Wikitongues, thank you for providing a platform for people to hear Aboriginal Australian languages. Most non-Aboriginal Australians have probably never heard language, I know I didn't until I was an adult. Look forward to hearing more.
True. I'm an Aussie in my fifties and I've always been interested in languages. Even though I lived in Townsville for a while I never heard anybody speak an indigenous language in real life in Australia. I've only heard them on the internet and rarely on TV and movies. I have heard indigenous languages in several other countries in my world travels though.
This is a genuinely fascinating language 😭😭😭
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It is SO HARD to find long examples of language Karina! thank you.
Thank you for the work that you do in preserving Indigenous languages, Karina! I live in Adelaide and I'm sad that we never learnt any Aboriginal languages in primary school :( I think it should be compulsory. It was beautiful listening to you speak in your native tongue.
These languages must be preserved at all cost. They are culture, they are history! Colonialism wiped out so many, we must preserve those that still live.
I didn’t realize there were quite so many indigenous people and languages still in substantial use in Australia. How wonderful!! (As an American I’m know lots of people think the same thing about the US, so perhaps I should have known)
Australian languages that are not English creoles don't have more than about 3,000 speakers any more. A few that are still thriving are spoken by much smaller groups, such as some of the Yolngu languages. Creole languages such as Kriol and Yumplatok now have more speakers.
I found something striking the first time I listened to it, but I wasn't sure what. After a couple of listens, I realized it's the total lack of /s/ in Yankunytjatjara.
Dear God, this language only has 420 native speakers (according to Wikipedia as of 27.05.2020)...
That's a lot of speakers considering the Fate of other aboriginal languages.
Beautiful sound to this language! Thanks for what you do. God bless
This language sound so nice, thank you Karina! I love this channel 😍
Thank you Mya! :)
How do you know her name
Wow. It sounds very Dravidian 😨
I wouldn't have guessed it.
Interesting you say that as I see a huge similarity between the physiognomy of Dravidians and Aboriginal people.
Retroflex consontants?
Aren’t dravidians and aboriginal Australians genetically related
@@Mara-ub3tq Yes, precisely.
@@varungambhir3403 I've read a scientific paper which either corroborated that or proved that wrong. I don't quite remember now 😥
Beautiful! Carry on the great work Wikitongues of documenting minority languages, hope you have more languages from Australia soon
Check back on Friday, May 27! :D
Good to see one of the many beautiful Indigenous Australian languages. Please do one on Noongar!
Kaya and thankyou Karina, wonderful to hear your language as I have little experience of South Aus. Grew up in Yorta Yorta land, now in the Whadjuk land of the Noongar people. Although I'm 100% wadjela, having convict ancestry both sides, I am so humbled by the extraordinary history of this land and the people, the languages and culture, though ashamed at what has been lost since invasion too. Thankyou for keeping your culture and language alive for all of us.
So happy to hear this beautiful language!
So precious!
There is nothing wrong with remembering where you're from, no matter where you come from, and keeping old languages alive is a great thing. Best of luck with it, sincerely!
Wow, to my ears, this sounds like a combination of Tagolog and South Asian e.g. Bangladeshi, it would be fascinating to figure the evolution of how it was formed.
What an amazing sounding language
I love the aboriginal people. It would be cool to learn the language one day but I doubt that will happen. Preserve it no matter what. You don’t know who you are unless you know where you’re coming from❤️
At times, it sounds like Dravidian languages. I am a Malayalam speaker!
Any chance of Kala Lagaw Ya from the Western Torres Strait? There are still many fluent speakers.
I came to ask exactly the same thing! I seem to remember a decade or two ago that it had one of the highest counts of speakers, around 3,000, but I was shocked to discover last time I checked that there are now only a few hundred )-:
sounds like mix of thai and indian :o
Hm, not sure if this is the case but it sounds like the Australian enlighten intonation is still present even when speaking Yankunytjatjara
Sounds beautiful
Definitely sounds like the language that gave us the words kangaroo and didgeridoo! Boomerangs and Billabongs!!!!
Interesting, there are a few sounds here that are a bit like continental south east Asia, and that must be a very old connection.
I have to admit - it was difficult for me to un-hear her saying 으로(eu-ro), 자고(ja-go), 지 지말(ji ji-mal)... Over and over again! Of course, I know there are only so many sounds humans can articulate, (these ones, in particular, being on the simpler side) so there tends to be a lot of coincidental overlap amongst completely unrelated languages, but still. If I were creative, I could almost string together a full, semi-coherent korean conversation!
I can't detect any similarities. I haven't been to Myanmar but Australian languages don't strike me as being similar to languages of Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, or Vietnam where I have travelled off the tourist routes. Maybe you're think of South Asia rather than Southeast Asia?
Yankunytjatjara Western Desert
Any chance of hearing meriam mir?
Yes, a very good chance! One of FLA's videos has Meriam Mir used at the beginning. We will be posting it next month, so stay posted :)
Torres Strait Islanders are to Australian Aborigines like what Eskimos are to Amerindians
Why does the words of her language sounds similar to tamil. By the way, I don’t understand if the languages but the sounds is similar listening to it. Is there a connection?
Yes, mate. DNA links them, and so does the language comparison. I'm a layman, but the more I see the words spelled and the language and tones spoken, they are descended from the Tamil. Probably migrated from the sea a maximum 4000 years ago.
when even the pronouncing the language's name is hard you know what awaits you if you want to learn it
what a beautiful language btw
we get exposed to them to a small degree as kids, it's pronounced as read, no tricky vowels or consonants. ya-koon-it-jant-jara
Beautiful
😘😘😘😘
🤤❤️❤️❤️❤️👉🎂
It means i love you and you must have piece of cake 😋
I think Autralian citizens must learn thier local aboriginal languages.
This sounds strangely a bit like mohawk.
Does anyone else think their language sounds like a didgeridoo?
Wiru. Kungka ninti. Palyo.
Her accent sounds more Australian in her aboriginal language judging by the few English words she used ("university of Adelaide" etc).
keptins generally people who are bilingual speak each language with the proper accent
@@hotwheelsearl I know that's why I found it interesting that she sounded more Australian (at least to me) when she spoke that particular aboriginal language.
@@kyliejones573 what do you mean by "that does not mean anything?" I think you don't understand what I tried to say. At least you could have asked.
keptins do you mean she spoke Aborgine with an Australian accent? I couldn’t tell...
@@hotwheelsearl No. She spoke the aboriginal language like any other native speaker (I reckon). But the bunch of English words she happened to throw during her speech in that aboriginal language sounded more Australian than her entire speech in English. Maybe just an auditory illusion.
TH-cam thinks it’s Indonesian
She stole that bit from Adam Sandler
These people are definitely descended from the Tamil.
Sounds like Hindi related. They speculate based on looks alone that some aboriginals look like a certain ethinc group from the southern part of India that probably traveled by boat to Australia and stayed.
Not hindi, but more of a southern Indian language. Maybe, Tamil?
Dravidian you mean. And no, it would've been a coastal migration to Southeast Asia.
Srita .K doesn’t sound Dravidian either. Not enough retroflex consonants. There is a flow to it that reminds me more of the new guinea languages.
This has absolutely nothing to do with any language in India, actually.
To me this sounds like either Papuan or Austronesian languages than anything from India. I'd probably have confused it for being related to Indonesian in some way, even though I'd still be wrong.
Sounds like very poor phonetic variety. Five or so sounds only.