澳大利亞原住民语言（Australian Aboriginal languages）包括在澳大利亞大陸和周边岛屿（不过一般不包括塔斯马尼亚岛）使用的语言，可以分为数个语系和一些孤立语言，其中最著名的是帕马-恩永甘语系。在欧洲殖民者到来之前，澳大利亚曾是世界上语言最多样的地区之一，拥有大约250种不同的語言。
目前，澳大利亞原住民语言的数目已经减少到大约150，并且绝大多数语言还是处于高度濒危状态。在今存的语种中，只有大约10%仍在学校中教授，并且这些语言大多使用在一些生活较孤立的地区。一些语言如塔斯马尼亚语系语言已经完全灭亡。
截至2019年4月，只剩13种还没被列为“高度濒危”语言。这一事实总是被人们忽略。
澳大利亞原住民语言形成一个语言区域，享有众多共同词汇和独特的语音特征。典型的澳大利亞原住民语言只含有三个元音，一般为[a, i, u]（可能有长短音的区别）。清浊音的区别很少见，而且擦音也极为罕见。
很多澳大利亞原住民语言为作通格語言。
參考文獻
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Dixon, R.M.W. 1989. Searching for Aboriginal Languages*. University of Chicago Press, 1989. ISBN 0-226-15430-0
Dixon, R. M. W. 2002. Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development*.
Evans, Nicholas (ed.). 2003. The non-Pama–Nyungan languages of northern Australia: comparative studies of the continent's most linguistically complex region.* Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
McConvell, Patrick and Nicholas Evans. (eds.) 1997. Archaeology and Linguistics: Global Perspectives on Ancient Australia.* Melbourne: Oxford University Press
O'Grady, Geoff; Ken Hale. 2004. The Coherence and Distinctiveness of the Pama–Nyungan Language Family within the Australian Linguistic Phylum. In Claire Bowern and Harold Koch, eds., Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method*. John Benjamins Pub. Co.
*[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00206 UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger] (retrieved 8/6/10)
Walsh, Michael. 1991. Overview of indigenous languages of Australia. In Suzane Romaine (ed), Language in Australia*. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33983-9
Zuckermann, Ghil'ad, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923233756/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25980525-25192,00.html "Aboriginal languages deserve revival"], The Australian Higher Education*, 26 August 2009.
參見
- 澳洲原住民口語拼音
- 帕馬-恩永甘語系
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參考資料
外部連結
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150130161050/http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au/ AustLang database of Australian languages]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130602122638/http://multitree.linguistlist.org/codes/aust The Linguist List MultiTree Project: Australian Family Tree]
*[http://www.muturzikin.com/cartesoceanie/oceanie.htm Map of indigenous Australian languages] from Muturzikin.com (current ranges)
*[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/PamaNyungan/CCAL1.2.kmz Australian languages plotted on Google Maps] (Claire Bowern)
*[http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm Aboriginal Languages of Australia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050709053041/http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/pathways.asp The Horton map of Australian indigenous languages] (recorded ranges; full view [https://web.archive.org/web/20130420063830/http://www.reconciliationsa.org.au/pdf%20and%20docs/Aboriginal%20Australia%20Map.pdf here]
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=AU Languages of Australia] , as listed by Ethnologue
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225163602/http://www.fatsil.org.au/images/pdfs/NILS-Report-2005.pdf National Indigenous Languages Survey Report 2005] PDF format, size 2.6 MB Accessed 16 February 2009
*[http://www.aiatsis.gov.au Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)]
*[http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_iso639.asp?code=aus Ethnologue report on all languages by alphabetical order]
*[http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/aboriginalwords Finding the meaning of an Aboriginal word]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090625111909/http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/index.html Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner], [http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/sj_report/index.html Social Justice Report 2009] for more information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and policy.
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