What makes a multilingual community? The life of languages at Warruwi community

通过对澳大利亚土著社区的研究，在那里许多土著语言与英语一起蓬勃发展，该项目旨在确定能够保持濒危语言繁荣的战略。位于阿纳姆地西北部的Warruwi社区支持儿童仍在学习的18种澳大利亚土著语言中的4种。直到最近，澳大利亚有250种土著语言，大多数土著社区都是高度多语种的。这项对Warruwi社区语言实践的详细研究将揭示支持传统多语言主义的实践。该项目的成果将有助于就如何在世界范围内保持语言多样性的国际辩论提供关键数据。

Through the study of an Australian Aboriginal community where many Indigenous languages flourish alongside English, this project aims to identify strategies that can keep endangered languages thriving. Warruwi Community, in north-west Arnhem Land, supports four of the 18 Australian Indigenous languages that are still being learned by children. Until recently, there were 250 Australian Indigenous languages spoken and most Indigenous communities were highly multilingual. This detailed study of language practices at Warruwi Community will shed light on the practices that support traditional multilingualism. The results of this project will contribute key data to international debates about how linguistic diversity can be maintained worldwide.