10 ways Aboriginal Australians made English their own
- Written by Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Discipline of Linguistics, University of Western Australia

Aboriginal English is spoken by an estimated 80% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and is the first and only language spoken by many Aboriginal children.
There are similarities between Standard Australian English and Aboriginal English, but this can pose serious obstacles for its speakers, who are...