John Waterton, who teaches the Bidyara and Gungabula languages in the community of Woorabinda, tells us the names of some native Australian animals. Produced by John Waterton and Lisa Clarke This video was originally contributed to the ABC Open Mother Tongue project, which …

First Languages Australia short with Ingrid Nigarmara speaking about the Miriwoong language. First Languages Australia is a national organisation working with community language programs around the country to support the continued use and recognition of Australia’s first …

Peter Salmon, now in his 80s is the last speaker of the Indigenous Thiin (or Thiinma) language. With only a few of his younger relatives able to understand Thiin (or Thiinma), Peter is keen for his language to be recaptured and revived before it is too late. The Lyons River …

First Languages Australia short with Phyllis WIlliams speaking in Ngarrindjerri. This beautiful series of shorts from First Languages Australia celebrate Indigenous languages, and the people who speak them, keep them alive and help others to learn more about Indigenous …

First Languages Australia short with Melinda Holden speaking about preserving langauge. Warrgamay

First Languages Australia short with Des Crump speaking about the Kamilaroi language. First Languages Australia is a national organisation working with community language programs around the country to support the continued use and recognition of Australia’s first …

Western Desert Verbal Arts Project Collection From 2012 - 2017 Ngaatjatjarra linguist Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis worked with Inge Kral and Jennifer Green to document the endangered verbal arts of the Australian Western Desert. The Western Desert dialects spoken in the …

First Languages Australia short with Troy Wyles speaking about the Warrgamay language. First Languages Australia is a national organisation working with community language programs around the country to support the continued use and recognition of Australia’s first …