Australia: most spoken Indigenous languages 2021

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Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers

Leading Indigenous languages spoken in Australia 2021 by number of speakers

Last update:

Oct 25, 2022

Author:

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Region:

Australia

Survey time period:

From 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021

With approximately 7.5 thousand recorded speakers, the Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) language is the most spoken Indigenous language in Australia in 2021, and is spoken primarily in Bamaga and Surrounds, TRAWQ (Thursday Island), and Port Kennedy (Thursday Island). Kriol had the second highest number of speakers at the time of the census.

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Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers

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