The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia

by William B. McGregor

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0415308089

ISBN-13 9780415308083

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 22nd, 2004

Print length 374 Pages

Weight 793 grams

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This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.

The Kimberley, the far north-west of Australia, is one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the continent. Some fifty-five Aboriginal languages belonging to five different families are spoken within its borders. Few of these languages are currently being passed on to children, most of whom speak Kriol (a new language that arose about half a century ago from an earlier Pidgin English) or Aboriginal English (a dialect of English) as their mother tongue and usual language of communication. This book describes the Aboriginal languages spoken today and in the recent past in this region.

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