Interactive Queenslander Languages Map Explore our interactive map on diverse Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Fullscreen Explore map Gallery tour of Spoken Spoken virtual tour We invite you to experience the Spoken exhibition from home with our interactive self-guided tour. Take the tour IYIL learning notes Download a pdf of educator resources that support your school’s journey to discover the wealth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages in Queensland. Materials can be adapted for your school and context across multiple year levels, to support online study as well as enhance exhibition visits. IYIL learning notes Download IYIL at State Library Throughout 2019 State Library's collections and programs will be in the spotlight for the United Nations' International Year of Indigenous Languages. State Library receives many queries and questions about languages and has developed the following Frequently Asked Questions in response to those of a generic nature. IYIL 2019 FAQ's (PDF) IYIL 2019 Factsheet Download Word of the week Each week discover a new word with us from one of the 125+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and dialects from across Queensland. Discover more Aboriginal and Torres Islander people chatting inside the State Library of Queensland. IYIL exhibitions Jarjum stories A kuril dhagun showcase focusing on children’s books and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language Find out more Spoken: celebrating Queensland languages A thought-provoking exhibition about the survival and revival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Find out more See what's on Minya Birran: what now for Indigenous languages? Coinciding with International Mother Language Day, the forum explored ways to harness the goodwill and energy of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages and posed the question of what now? Discover more Minya Birran Indigenous languages resources Check out these State Library resources for more information about Indigenous Languages. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander word lists Discover a range of words from saying g’day to place names to animal names and more. View lists Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander collections Explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures through photographs, manuscripts, oral histories and digital stories collections. View collections Tool kits Our tool kits aim to provide community members, language workers and others with useful information to promote community language revival programs and activities. View tool kits Our Culture Song The song written and sung by Hopevale IKC Coordinator, Dora Gibson, was recorded during a Regional Indigenous Languages Workshop in November 2014. Dora shows us how to preserve language and culture through song and music. Verses are in English with the chorus in Guugu Yimidhirr (Hopevale, Far North Queensland). Funding acknowledgment: State Library's Indigenous Languages project is supported through funding from the Department of Communication and the Arts’ Indigenous Languages Support Program.