do austrilia have their own language?

Question

do austrilia have their own language?

Answer 1

The country is Australia, and the official language is English. Australia was colonised by Great Britain in 1788, which is why we speak English. We are now an independent country.

Answer 2

Some words in Australian are very different from British English in that they can have an Aboriginal influence, or from other cultures.



We moved to Australia from the UK in July 2007 and some of the words we didn't know were:



Bludger - a lazy person

Manchester - bed linen



I've still got no idea why bed linen is called Manchester in Australia.

Answer 3

Like most English-speaking nations we have our own variation of English. Australian English. Just like the Unites States have American English, etc.



When the British first colonised Australia they brought English with them.

Answer 4

Yes and no.

English is the official language here. However, since we are multicultural, you are bound to come across people who can speak more than English itself!

Answer 5

Sigh. How come the US talks english? They're a long way from England.

How come half of Canada and many pacific islands speaks french? They're a long way from France.

How come half of South America speaks Spanish or Portuegese? They're a long way. . . .

Aww. Forget it.

Answer 6

English is our national language. But I guess we have our own slang and different words for things. But we do have pretty awesome accents! Haha

Answer 7

hahah yer we speak english (not so good though - its very improper and always has at least 3 words of slang in a sentence! But yeah we do speak english and write in english coz our ancestors are english! but some words we spell in american and others in english!





Brekkie - breakfast

Fair dinkum - right on

Bloody oath - fair true

Woop Woop - invented name for any small unimportant town (normally a place far away "out in woop woop"

Blowie - blow fly

Metho - methylated spirits

Nipper - young surf lifesaver

Pommy shower - using deodorant instead of taking a shower (lol)

Titf - Taking it to far

Bogans - aussie equivalent to a hill billy



trust me it goes on forever coz we like make up a new word ever day!!





(we are always slack on our words and sort of talk fast) except for people out west they are the worst at speaking proper english OMG! they sound retarted!) lol



http://fits.depauw.edu/mkfinney/culturaleresumes/australia/language.htm

(copy and paste!) The English language in Australia is distinguished. Australian English is a bit different from other countries that use English as an everyday speech. Australians have their own styles and characters in using the language, vocabulary, pronunciation and accent. In addition, they have their own slang words when they speak in their groups, and women and men also have their language as well. Though Australians speak English, they have their own special words and phrases called strine. Australian Strine consists of words and phrases which have different meanings from other English (like American or British English). It also consists of words that the Australians have either made up theirselves, or they have borrowed from Aborigine words or from slang used by early settlers

Answer 8

well i don't know about Austrilia, but here in Australia we speak English

hahah i kid

Answer 9

YES australian......lol of course we speak english!

Answer 10

No - English. However, they do have their own accent.

Answer 11

nope. but they have a really awesome accent!

Answer 12

Yes, we call it STRINE.

Answer 13

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