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AUSTRALIAN [2 records]

Record 1 2018-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
DEF

A native or long-term resident of Australia, in Oceania.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
DEF

Personne née en Australie, en Océanie, ou qui y habite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de habitantes y nombres de pueblos
DEF

Persona nativa o habitante de Australia, en Oceanía.

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Record 2 1993-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A group of approximately 260 interrelated languages whose speakers occupied the entire Australian continent as well as the western islands of Torres Strait excluding Tasmania. These languages are not known to be related to any outside language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langues parlées par les aborigènes de l'Australie, soit environ 260 langues australiennes, dont plus de 50 sont aujourd'hui éteintes, la plus grande partie des autres étant en voie d'extinction.

Spanish

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