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Is Aboriginal an actual language?
I am watching The Song of the Butterlies and it lists Aboriginal as a language. I wonder if this is just a catch all term for native languages that are not listed in IMDb. The actual language appears to be Witoto which is not listed in IMDb. (The primary language is Spanish but some other language is definitely spoken. I'm going based on how the subject of the documentary describes himself.)
jeorj_euler
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3 years ago
I don't think so. Seemingly it is merely a placeholder for specific language or a specific collection of languages, as used by somebody unfamiliar with the nuances. I do wonder if the languages besides Spanish being spoken in this documentary are Quechua and Aymara.
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VonPunk
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3 years ago
In the Australian Aboriginal groups/tribes lots of them have their own sorta pidgeon/creole style languages each with a unique name of it's own but it's all covered with the blanket 'Australian Aboriginal Languages' term.
I know very little to nothing about South American Indian/Aboriginal languages but I'd imagine it's the same dynamic of all the languages they use under one term.
Aboriginal as a language selection is probably covering a lot of ground, dozens and dozens of languages/dialects rather than a defined language in it's own right or at least that's my impression of it.
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