Ji, a native of Shandong Province, was best remembered for his achievements in research on ancient Indian aboriginal languages and Sanskritic literature. He was well-versed in 12 foreign languages.

季羡林祖籍山东，精通12国语言，他在印度古代语言、原始佛教语言、梵文学方面的学术成就尤为突出。

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Avoidance speech was a common feature of many aboriginal languages in Australia.

回避语言是澳大利亚很多土著语言的共同特征。

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While some of the Aboriginal languages have been lost, people are trying hard to protect and record what is left.

一方面一些土著居民的语言在丢失，而另一方面人们在尽力地保护和记录剩下的语言。

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Before British colonialisation began there in 1788, around 250 aboriginal languages were spoken in Australia by an estimated one million people.

BBC: Australian project hunts lost indigenous languages