For tens of thousands of years, the rich and beautiful sounds of thousands of languages washed across this earth. Over all of Australia it is believed there were more than five hundred at one time. Around two hundred years ago, a new language began to replace them, sweeping …

First Languages Australia short with Reegan Finlay speaking about the Gunggari llanguage. 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 …

First Languages Australia short with Jacqui Blackman speaking Yidingi. 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 language.

Abigail Carter teaches at the Maningrida Community School. Abigail produced this film about language work for her Young Champions presentation at Puliima National Indigenous Languages and Technology Conference 2015. This beautiful series of shorts from First Languages …

First Languages Australia short with Con Miller speaking about the Wirangu 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 languages. …

First Languages Australia short with Alberta Honrsby speaking Guugu Yimithirr. This video is a part of the First Languages Australia Gambay language map project. Available to view here: https://gambay.com.au

Steve Jampijinpa explains how language is one of the five pillars of Warlpiri life.

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 …