Languages of Australia

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/languages-of-australia

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Languages of Australia?Continent in the Southern Hemisphere, Oceania
2. How many people live in Languages of Australia?Approximately 26.8 million (as of recent estimates)
3. How big is Languages of Australia?7,692,024 square kilometers
4. What language do people speak in Languages of Australia?English

De Facto National Language: A language that functions as the official language in practice, without formal legal designation.
Linguistic Diversity: The existence of a variety of languages spoken within a particular geographic area or society.
Language Revitalization: Efforts to increase the number of speakers and usage of an endangered language.
Creole: A stable language that develops from the mixing of parent languages, becoming the native language of a community.