Australian Aboriginal English
Dialect of English used by Indigenous Australians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australian Aboriginal English (AAE or AbE) is a cover term used for the complex, rule-governed varieties of English used by a large section of the Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander) population as a result of colonisation.[2] It is made up of a number of varieties which developed differently in different parts of Australia, and grammar and pronunciation differs from that of standard Australian English, along a continuum. Some of its words have also been adopted into standard or colloquial Australian English.
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Australian Aboriginal English | |
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Region | Australia |
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ISO 639-3 | ā |
Glottolog | abor1240 code abandoned, but bibliography retained |
AIATSIS[1] | P4 |
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