This is the subcategory for languages native to Australia and the Torres Straits Islands. There are approximately 258 known languages in this family, a large percentage of which are endangered or extinct. The major families of languages that will be found underneath this category are: Bunaban Burarran Daly Djamindjungan Djeragan Enindhilyagwa Gagudjuan Garawan Gungaraganyan Gunwingguan Laragiyan Mangerrian Maran Nyulnyulan Pama-Nyungan Tiwian West Barkly Wororan Yiwaidjan
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- Aboriginal Languages of Australia Guide to internet resources for Australian indigenous languages.
- Australian Linguistic Society Details on the Australian Linguistic Society including information on membership, mailing list, projects, conferences and links to related sites.
- Arrernte Dictionary Small dictionary of Arrernte words for animals and objects with links to a language map of the region and additional Arrernte vocabulary lists.
- Australian Languages Links Links, maps and specialty pages for Australian languages.
- Kutthung Vocabulary Vocabulary of the Kutthung or Kattang dialect once spoken along the southern bank of the Karuah river and south shore of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia.
- Dyirbal in Assimilation Essay by Jan Wohlgemut discussing the social surroundings and grammatical change of present-day Dyirbal as compared to the language Dixon described in 1968.