Associate Professor Nick Thieberger
Principal Fellow, School of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne
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Arts & Culture
50 words in Australian Indigenous languages
A new online resource – the 50 Words Project – makes words from local Indigenous languages available for every Australian to hear and learn
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Bringing back languages from scraps of paper
The controversial ethnographer Daisy Bates recorded many Aboriginal languages in the early 20th century, which would otherwise be lost today; now her papers have been digitised
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Breathing new life into old songs
The Thabi tradition from west Pilbara offers a unique insight into Australian history - researchers are documenting its songs so they can be enjoyed for generations to come
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Islands of language enter virtual reality
Thousands of the world’s languages are endangered, but linguists are breathing new life into them with virtual reality technology