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.
Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers
Only the top six languages in terms of speaker numbers depicted.
Australian Indigenous Languages nfd is a supplementary code in the Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL) and is not considered a language group.
Not elsewhere classified ‘nec’ is for any language which is not separately identified in the ASCL because it does not meet the threshold for the minimum number of speakers.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (October 25, 2022). Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126031/australia-most-spoken-indigenous-languages-by-number-of-speakers/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers ." Chart. October 25, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126031/australia-most-spoken-indigenous-languages-by-number-of-speakers/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126031/australia-most-spoken-indigenous-languages-by-number-of-speakers/
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Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken in Australia in 2021, by number of speakers [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, October 25, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126031/australia-most-spoken-indigenous-languages-by-number-of-speakers/
