Language workers from right across the top end and throughout WA got together this week for the bi-annual Wanala Language conference. ABC Open held a video workshop at the conference to demonstrate how easy it is to share language through video. This is the outcome of the …

My language Gathang

Wadawurrung country stretches from the mountains to the sea. It includes hills, rivers and grassy plains, creeks and coasts and includes modern towns such as Werribee, Geelong and Ballarat in Victoria. Since colonisation, white fellas have tried to write down our Wadawurrung …

Across Australia there are hundreds of different Aboriginal languages, some that are still spoken fluently across generations, and others that are endangered, and are in the process of being revived or preserved. But what’s involved in keeping these ancient languages alive, …

First Languages Australia short with Virginia Jarrett, speaking Gumbaynggirr. This video is a part of the First Languages Australia Gambay language map project. Available to view here: https://gambay.com.au

First Languages Australia short with Nora Cooke speaking Ngarla. 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.

First Languages Australia short with Clayton Cruse about Adnyamathananha language.

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