澳大利亚原住民语言形成一个语言区域,享有众多共同词汇和独特的语音特征。典型的澳大利亚原住民语言只含有三个元音,一般为[a, i, u](可能有长短音的区别)。清浊音的区别很少见,而且擦音也极为罕见。
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Australian Aboriginal languages 澳大利亚原住民语言
The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise up to 27 language families and isolates, spoken by the Aboriginal people of the Australian mainland and a few nearby islands. The relationships between these languages are not clear at present. Despite this uncertainty the indigenous languages of Australia are collectively covered by the technical term "Australian languages". By convention these do not include the languages of Tasmania or the eastern Torres Strait language Meriam Mer.