ausTechnical information about ISO 639 language code aus
The table below provides technical details for the Australian languages language, designated by the aus code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Australian languages |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Related languages | PitjantjatjaraYolŋu MathaArrernteNoongarKriol |
| Key facts | The ISO code “aus” is a collective code that groups the hundreds of distinct Aboriginal languages of the Australian continentLinguists recognise roughly 250 separate Australian languages, but only a few dozen still have a significant number of child speakersPrior to European contact these languages were purely oral-tradition and only later adopted the Latin script for writingAustralian languages characteristically lack fricative consonants and instead make heavy use of place-of-articulation contrasts in stops and lateralsMany employ intricate kinship-based pronoun and verb systems that encode social hierarchy and relationship obligations. |
| Sample phrase | Palya, nyuntu palya? |
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The Australian languages language, identified by the code aus, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.
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