And that doesn’t even begin to address the hearing-impaired asylum-seekers who require Indigenous sign language interpreters who are just as rare and difficult to find, he said.

The Indigenous sign language called my attention, something that has always existed among Indigenous people, how they communicate. Nowadays we have the Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) even ...

Indigenous sign languages will be taught alongside Auslan in NSW schools by 2026 as statistics show 43 per cent of First Nations Australians older than seven have some form of hearing loss.

Running Wolf sees the development of Indigenous language A.I. tools as part of keeping abreast of global innovation. He hopes ...

A Goldfields Aboriginal group has welcomed the Federal Government's plans to create a framework for teaching Indigenous languages in schools.

People in the Gurindji community of Kalkaringi in northern Australia call their sign language ‘Takataka’.

With many of Australia's Indigenous languages at risk of being lost forever, leaders from more than 30 Top End communities have come together to develop a plan to protect them.

She hopes it inspires other Indigenous Australians to learn and protect their local languages. "What I hope is for them is to think about our language, you know, it's important.

Many communities speak their native languages, such as Zapoteco and Mixteco, both rooted in Mexico. The free website provides vital information in 1,040 languages, many of them indigenous.

The tendency to lump Indigenous communities under the broad umbrella of “Hispanic/Latino” erases the cultural richness of the many Indigenous groups and limits the language support they need.