AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE

LECTURER : MRS. INDRANI DEWI ANGRAENI

Group 3 :

EVA NUR HALIMAH 2015060303

KRISTY ANINDHITA 2015060521

NINDIA ELVIA ZAENUDIN 2015060322

TITA PUSPITASARI 2015060395

PAMULANG UNIVERSITY

ENGLISH LITERATURE

AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY

2018
 A.History

Aborigine is the natives of Australian. They lived for 40.000-60.000 in Australia.

Then, in 1788 British dispose of prisoners to Australia. The Aborigine who really closes to
nature is defeated by the immigrant. In 1945, the Aborigines is about 7 million. After that,
more than 6,5 million immigrant live in Australia. It makes culture and society in Australia is
become more varied. Now is more than 21 millions of people who live in Australia. More
than 43% of them are immigrant, 2 or 3 % are Aborigine. It is known that Australian words
emerged in the historical dictionary of the English language in Australia in 1898. There are
certain distinctive features of Australian vocabulary in this version. There is some evidence to
suggest that the linguistic situation at the end of the nineteenth century was much simpler
than it is now. This is due to new influences on the vocabulary, and later, the vocabulary and
pronunciation of Australian English had become distinctively different from any model that
British English could supply. The words that are commonly used in the Australian language
nowadays come from different sources and situations. They are adopted into this language for
different reasons. The main two reasons are the immigration of English people and the
accepting of local Aborigines.

B. Australian Language

Language is one of the cultures. The culture is recognized through the language.
Therefore it is widely known that language is a culture and the culture is reflected through the
language. All Australians are encouraged to learn English, which is a national language and
an important unifying element of Australian society. However, they use another language in
their home. It is a fact that Australian speaks other languages when they are home. The
language most widely used after English is Italian, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic, Vietnamese and
Mandarin. English.

Natives Australia has daily language for communication which is different from any
other English language. We often hard to understand them with their accent in
communication, even they most use English British because they were colonized by British,
but sometimes Australian speak fast and use a unique phrase.
 According to Allastair Morrison (Language expert) explain that as slang or strine.
They mix between Cockney from Irland with the Aborigine’s language. They often abridged
a word then add “o” or “ie” at the end of the word. For example, Australia will be abridged as
“Aussie”, Afternoon becomes “Arvo”. This daily language often mixing by a humor sense,
has an irony’s character and without good manners. Sometimes it makes confuse
International tourist.

Here is some example of slang words of Australian:

“How ya goin?”

They usually pronounce it very fast, when it is making clear it is “How are you doing?”. It is
mean “How are you?”, and the answer will be “Not bad”, its mean “I’m fine”

“G’day Mate”

It is “Good day mate”, its mean “Hello”.

“Good on You”

This sentence usually uses to expressing something done really good.

And here are some slang words that usually they use in their daily activities:

Ambo : ambulance

Arvo : afternoon atau sore

Aussie : Australia

Barbie/Barby : barbeque

Bikkie : biskuit

Bloody : sangat

Brekkie: sarapan

Brizzie : Brisbane

BYO : Bring Your Own alcohol atau bawa minuman beralkohol sendiri

Chemist : apotek
Chewie : permen karet

Chokkie : cokelat (makanan)

Chrissie : hari Natal

Cranky : sangat marah

Cuppa : minuman panas, seperti teh panas atau kopi panas

Exy : sangat mahal

Fag : rokok

G’Day mate : hello, apa kabar

Heaps : banyak

Hottie : botol air panas

Journo : jurnalis atau wartawan

Jug : ketel listrik

Lollies : permen

Mate: teman

Moreish : lezat, membuat ingin tambah lagi

Mozzie : nyamuk

Muso : pemain musik

No drama : tidak masalah

Oldie : orang tua

Oz : negara Australia

Posty : tukang pos

Right-o : oke, baiklah

See ya later : selamat tinggal

Seppo : orang Amerika

Servo : SPBU

Sickie: tidak masuk kerja karena sakit

Smoko : merokok

Strine : bahasa slang orang Australia

Ta!: terima kasih

Ta-dah : selamat tinggal

Telly : televise

Truckie : pengemudi truk

Uni : singkatan dari universitas

Vedgies : sayuran

Vejjo : vegetarian

Westie : orang Western

Wog : flu

Yabber : banyak bicara/ngobrol

Yakka : kerja keras

Zilch : nol, tidak berharga

Zonk : bodoh
C.Conclusion

AusE is, in its origins, a set of dialects transported by British convicts and immigrants
which interacted with indigenous and migrant languages, American English and other
varieties of English, ultimately emerging as an independent variety embodying the
country’s national identity. The distinctive features of AusE suggest that it has
consolidated its own norms as an independent national standard. AusE is today
recognized as a major variety of English, one for which there may be an increasing role
as an epicentre in the Asia-Pacifi c region (Leitner 2004).
Refferences:
Indonesia-Autralia Embassy
https://indonesia.embassy.gov.au/jaktindonesian/penduduk_kebudayaan.html

Education One
http://www.educationone-indo.com/bahasa-slang-australia/

Gordon, Harry, 1925-2015. Bicentennial : an Australian mosaic.