Indigenous Languages Quiz 1. It is estimated that approximately how many languages were spoken in Australia and the Torres Strait Islands prior to English and European settlement?*150701002504002. Keeping Indigenous languages alive is important as it affects the following:*Cultural identitySense of well beingCommunity and family connectionsEducational opportunitiesUnderstanding of ScriptureAll of the above3. Which of the following English language structures do not appear in the majority of Aboriginal languages? (Multiple answers apply):*Abstract nouns (i.e. descriptions of intangible concepts such as happiness or fear)Direct quotesPassive voiceMetaphors4. Which of the following Ngaanyatjarra words means father?*MamaKuurrkuWangka
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