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OneTalk is focused on preserving Australia’s Indigenous linguistic heritage and supporting those who continue to speak Indigenous languages.
Communication and education are the foundation stones for improving Indigenous disadvantage in Australia. OneTalk assists our clients by developing audio tools designed to close the gap.
Indigenous people spoke an estimated 250 languages in Australia at the time of European settlement. Almost ten years ago the National Indigenous Languages Survey (NILS) found that 145 Indigenous languages were still spoken in Australia and 110 of these were severely or critically endangered.
At the 2006 census, 55 695 people,
or one in eight, said that an Indigenous language was their primary household language. The Indigenous languages with the most speakers currently are, Arrernte, Djambarrpuyngu/Dhuwal, Pitjantjatjara and Warlpiri, Creole
and Kriol. All of these languages are spoken in the Northern Territory and
are languages that OneTalk regularly seeks translations for.
The NILS report states that
47 per cent of Indigenous young people identified with a clan, tribal
or language group. Indigenous languages were more commonly spoken in remote areas: 50 per cent of Indigenous young people in remote areas spoke an Indigenous language, compared with 6 per cent of those in non-remote areas.
Similarly, the proportion of Indigenous young people who speak in language at home was 37 per cent in remote areas, compared with 2 per cent in non-remote regions.
Facts around the communication challenge and what has motivated a company in the Northern Territory to find a break through
31.6% of the Territory population is Indigenous*
63% of the Territory’s indigenous population live in places that the Australian Bureau of Statistics consider very remote*
Traditionally all Indigenous languages, culture and story-telling were spoken or painted not written
English is a second and often a third language in regional/remote Indigenous communities like Milingimbi
Some communities such as Wadeye have multiple Indigenous dialects
*Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2006