Languages
There are over 250 known Aboriginal languages in South Australia from those, 44 languages fall within the realm of the Mobile Language Team. We stretch as far north as the Simpson Desert, as far west at the Nullabor, east out Mt Gambier and all the way to the tip of the Fleurie Peninsula. In 1996 Horton published a language map to illustrate the complexities and vastness of Aboriginal languages around Australia, this is known at the Horton Tindale Map (1996). We use this map throughout our website to illustrate approximate locations of language groups, it is by no means a definitive and comprehensive geographic expression of language country, bounds or limits.
Below is a list of all the language groups that are worked on by the Mobile Language Team.
Adnyamathanha
Antikirinya
Arabana (Arabunna)
Barngarla
Bodaruwitj
Bunganditj (Boandik)
Danggali
Dhirari
Dieri
Karangura
Kaurna
Kokatha
Kuyani
Lower Arrernte
Maintangk
Malyangapa
Mirning
Narungga
Nawu
Ngadjuri
Ngalea
Ngamini
Ngangaruku
Ngarkat
Ngarrindjeri
Ngawadj
Ngayawang
Nukunu
Peramangk
Pirlatapa
Pitjantjatjara
Ramindjeri
Thangal/Tanganekald
Wadigali
Wangkangurru
Wilyakali
Wirangu
Yadliawara
Yandruwantha
Yankunytjatjara
Yaraldi
Yawarawarka
Yirawirung

Language Groups
Linguistically the languages the MLT works with are divided into 9 different groups. These groups are not definitive but help to categorise and organise the wide array of languages that are present within South Australia.
+ Karnic
Arabana (Arabunna)
Dhirari
Dieri
Karangura
Ngamini
Wangkangurru
Yandruwantha
Yawarawarka
+ Western Desert
Antikirinya
Kokatha
Ngalea
Pitjantjatjara
Yankunytjatjara
+ Thura Yura
Adnyamathanha
Barngarla
Kaurna
Kuyani
Narungga
Nawu
Ngadjuri
Nukunu
Peramangk
Wirangu
+ Baakardji Group
Danggali
Wilyakali
+ West Kulinic
Bodaruwitj
Bunganditj (Boandik)
Maintangk
+ Yarli
Malyangapa
Pirlatapa
Wadigali
Yadliawara
+ Narrinyeric
Ngarrindjeri
Ramindjeri
Thangal/Tanganekald
Yaraldi
+ Yithayithic
Ngangaruku
Ngarkat
Ngawadj
Ngayawang
Yirawirung
+ Others
Lower Arrernte
Mirning