List of Australian Aboriginal languages
Indigenous Australian languages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are numerous Australian Aboriginal languages and dialects, many of which are endangered. An endangered language is one that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language.
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UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct":[1][clarification needed]
- Vulnerable
- Definitely endangered
- Severely endangered
- Critically endangered