Gary
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| Date: 18 Jul 94 08:49 PDT
| Subject: HyperCard Australia's Languages
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/* Written 8:48 am Jul 18, 1994 by aiatsis in peg:aust.languages */
/* ---------- "HyperCard Australia's Languages" ---------- */
_Australia's Languages_ Australian Indigenous Languages
Information Stacks. A set of HyperCard stacks illustrating
Australia's indigenous languages Produced by the AIATSIS
Dictionaries Project
_What are the names of all Australian languages and dialects?
_What regions do they represent?
_Can I hear words in some Australian languages?
_Can I hear a story in an Australian language?
These questions are dealt with by the Australian Indigenous
Languages Information Stacks.
The program is aimed at senior secondary school and early
tertiary, as well as at the broader community.
Templates used by the program are available for customising,
allowing language workers to develop stacks using local languages.
Some of the topics dealt with in the stacks are:
_Australian indigenous language words in English
_Handsigns
_Language centres
_Language names
_Multilingualism in Australian languages
_Ngaatjatjarra greetings
_Ngarluma exercise
_Number of languages
_Number of speakers
_Organisations supporting Australian languages
_Pidgins and creoles
_Principles behind spelling systems
_Relationships between Australian languages
_Spelling systems, hear words
_Story in Warnman
_Wordlists in 12 languages
_Words English needs
The program runs on Apple Macintosh computers running System 7. It
requires 4.5 Mb of disk space and is distributed compressed on
floppy disks.
The stacks are available for $40 from AIATSIS, GPO Box 553, ACT
2601, contact 06 246 1191 for sales enquiries.
For further information contact: Nick Thieberger, AIATSIS, GPO Box
553, ACT 2601. Phone: 06 2461170. e-mail:
aseda@sparc.aiatsis.gov.au