As in Africa and India, there are a number of rules in Australian languages about which words one can say in the presence of "tabooed kin," Professor Bowern said.

鲍韦恩还说，就像在非洲和印度一样，澳大利亚的语言中有很多规则，规定了人们在“禁忌亲戚”在场时能使用哪些词。

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Shows will included "the Taming of the Shrew" in Urdu, starring Pakistani television star Nadia Jamil as Katherine, and "King Lear" in Australian Aboriginal languages.

将要上演的戏剧包括用乌尔都语演的《驯悍记》和用澳大利亚土著语言演绎的《李尔王》。巴基斯坦电视明星纳迪亚·贾米尔扮演《驯悍记》中的“悍妇”凯瑟·丽娜。

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Australian cities are very multicultural and many doctors can speak several languages.

澳大利亚多元文化的城市，许多医生很能讲几种语言。

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The nation, a former Australian colony, has a rich culture, where more than 850 indigenous languages are spoken, more than 10 percent of the world's total languages.

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An Australian government survey in 2004 found that only 145 indigenous languages were still spoken in Australia and that 110 of these were severely or critically endangered.

BBC: Australian project hunts lost indigenous languages

"With colonisation came the deliberate subversion of these languages, " said Dr Bill Fogarty from the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at the Australian National University.

BBC: Lost indigenous language revived in Australia