English is the spoken language of australia and its impact on other people of australia
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Though Australia has no official language, English is regarded as the de facto national language of Australia and is spoken by all. Even so, Australia is a linguistically and culturally diverse country with influences from more than 160 spoken languages. Australian English has a unique accent and vocabulary. Collectively, Australians have more than 200 spoken languages. In the 2011 census, 76.8% Australian spoke English at home. Mandarin is the biggest non-English dialect spoken in Australia. Immigration patterns have had a significant influence on the most widely spoken language in the country other than English. Early European settlement in Australia almost eradicated the indigenous languages, and few of these aboriginal languages have survived today.
National Statistics Of Languages Spoken In Australia
The 2011 analysis of language spoken at home indicate that majority of Australians speak English only as compared to non-English Speakers. Overall about 76.8% of the people speak English only, 18.2% are non-English speakers. Apart from English, Mandarin is the dominant language spoken at home by 1.6% (336,178 people) speakers. Other emerging languages include Punjabi, Filipino/Tagalog, and Arabic. Sydney, Australia’s most multicultural city records about 30% of the population, do not speak the English language at home. Sydney and Melbourne house more than 65% of non-English migrants who in general speak some 240 foreign languages. Many immigrants use their mother tongue and have smattering English. As a result, about 1 million migrants cannot speak English which is a huge number especially in a country of about 20 million people out of which 15% (3 million) residents speak a second language at home.
English
Australian English and British English are similar, but the former has a colorful vernacular called “strine” thrown in for good measure. Strine or Ozspeak is the country’s greatest creative product characterized by- abbreviations, profanities, and hyperboles, word-tweaking and vulgar expressions. Strine is a slang which originated from the early convicts of Cockney (London) and Ireland. It then developed as a rebellious subculture. Nevertheless, the uses of strine and slang words vary from state to state. Also, the Australian English comprises of many words with an Aboriginal descent. Since the people cannot decide on which English to use, misspellings such as labor/labour and Program/programme abound. Besides, many words used every day in the country have different meanings to Australian unlike other English-speaking countries around the world. For example, Crook means ill, game (brave), ring (top performer), shout (round of drinks), tube (can of beer), and globe (light bulb). Everything is abbreviated in Australia. Some words have the vowel e, or o added as seen in derro (derelict), reffo (refugee), and Garbo (dustman). Others have a suffix (I, ie, or y) such as in Aussie (Australian), Barbie (barbecue), Chrissy (Christmas), footy (football), mozzie (mosquito), and cossie (swimming costume).