tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post5718966109676428452..comments2023-08-24T16:23:44.260+10:00Comments on Words all Around: bilingualism for Aboriginal Australiansparlancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-52262023359519525022012-10-16T22:24:06.441+11:002012-10-16T22:24:06.441+11:00Hi, anonymous!
Like many Australians, I was amazin...Hi, anonymous!<br />Like many Australians, I was amazingly ignorant about pre-settlement civilisation, but one day last year I went to a talk by Dr Rachel Nordlinger about indigenous languages and heard about the typical bilingualism in this country. I think she said it was in part a result of the necessity to marry out of the tribal group. <br />I did blog about it:<br />http://parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-86670037651529187412012-10-15T14:03:38.885+11:002012-10-15T14:03:38.885+11:00Hi great you can see the realitys beyond bolts sen...Hi great you can see the realitys beyond bolts sensationalism, one point I would like to add, Aboriginal people are naturally bilingual, before settlement/invasion all Aboriginal people spoke at least 3 languages, some spoke up to 6 or 7, it was a requirement to know the language next door as all Aboriginal people travelled across another nations/peoples/language groups land to complete their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-91642031237922733022012-09-30T16:41:01.337+10:002012-09-30T16:41:01.337+10:00proud womon, you'll have noticed that I did ge...proud womon, you'll have noticed that I did get the paper free at the Show, so I didn't contribute anything to their coffers.parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2557954218760161620.post-77435731310250308962012-09-30T16:09:51.708+10:002012-09-30T16:09:51.708+10:00it's hard to make sense of most of bolt's ...it's hard to make sense of most of bolt's dribble!!proud womonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469068903173524980noreply@blogger.com