Talk:Austral language

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Article is under developed. Information and cite sources still need to be added to support the article topic. Sources: Schooling, S., & Summer Institute of Linguistics. (1981). A linguistic and sociolinguistic survey of French Polynesia. Hamilton, N.Z.: Summer Institute of Linguistics. Morris, E. (1898). Austral English; a dictionary of Australasian words, phrases, and usages, with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia. London, New York: Macmillan and, limited; The Macmilln company. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. Australian Reading Association, 1995. Jameleeanneb (talk) 05:13, 12 September 2018 (UTC) Reply

Peer Review for LING 102

1. Why did people speaking Austral switch to Tahitian? 2. Some traditions, practices, & languages had been lost or are struggling to survive? Such as? 3. Is there any information as to what happened to the Austral population after it was reduced to 300 people?

Those questions can help really me reach the character goal and make my article more credible. I am planning on researching for that information. Thanks for the suggestions! Jameleeanneb (talk) 03:45, 5 October 2018 (UTC) Reply

-sdrice77 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdrice77 (talk • contribs) 02:20, 4 October 2018 (UTC) Reply

Hi Jameleeanneb,

Nice work on editing your article. Here are a few suggestions:

1) In the first sentence, consider revising the phrase "spoken approximately by 8,000 people." This could infer that the people speaking it speak it "approximately", meaning that they speak it roughly, or not correctly. A good revision would be "...spoken by approximately 8,000 people." That will help it to be more clear to readers that the number of speakers is approximate, and not their skill in using the language.

2) In the "Genetic Classification" section, consider modifying the sentence "Contains majority of the languages in the world." Firstly, there's an "a" missing (no big problem, easy to fix). Revision should be "Contains a majority of the languages...". However, this statement as a whole should be modified, since Austronesian does not contain the majority of all the world's languages. It contains the majority of Pacific languages or about 1/5 of the world's total languages.

3) Also in the "Genetic Classification" section, consider modifying the breakdown of the language's family classification. The format takes up a lot of space and isn't the most efficient format for listing the information. I understand that the options may be limited, but if you can think of another way to present the information in a condensed format, that would greatly improve the article as a whole.

Hope that helps!

Calebjc3 (talk) 01:14, 30 September 2018 (UTC) Reply

I have made the corrections from your recommendations. Thanks you!Jameleeanneb (talk) 03:45, 5 October 2018 (UTC) Reply