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- Title
Voices from the North: Linguistic Connections between Asia and Aboriginal Australia.
- Authors
Walsh, Michael
- Abstract
The article focuses on influence of ancient Asian languages on Aboriginal Languages in Australia. The author writes on evidences which have shown that Macassans, Indonesian people had on aboriginal language has not been studied in detail but there are evidences in Arnham Land in Northern Territory. Ancient Japanese Language Yawuru has been found to be influential in Broome region in Western Australia. Chinese workers who migrated in 1850's influenced the Victorian region.
- Subjects
ARNHEM Land (N.T.); NORTHERN Territory; BROOME (W.A.); WESTERN Australia; VICTORIA; MAKASAR (Indonesian people); ABORIGINAL Australian languages; YAWURU language
- Publication
Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia, 2011, Vol 43, p1
- ISSN
0030-5340
- Publication type
Article