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August 23, 2013 02:42 pm PDT

In Australia, what may be a 'new' indigenous language has beenrecorded

US-based Australian linguist Carmel O'Shannessy has documented what she believes are "the beginnings of what's been described as the world's newest known spoken language." Light Walpiri is described as a blend of one small indigenous Australian town's traditional Aboriginal language Warlpiri, plus English and a form of Aboriginal English known as Kriol.







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