Editing Northern Territory (section)

=== Languages ===
At the 2021 census, 57.3% of the population spoke only [[Australian English|English]] at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were [[Australian Kriol|Kriol]] (2.2%), [[Dhuwal language|Djambarrpuyngu]] (1.7%), [[Greek language|Greek]] (1.4%) and [[Nepali language|Nepali]] (1.3%).<ref name="census2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/snapshot-nt-2021#:~:text=Housing-,Population,the%20Census%20counted%2072%2C000%20people|title=Snapshot Northern Territory, Housing and Population Census 2021|date=28 June 2022|access-date=10 July 2022|archive-date=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721094557/https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/snapshot-nt-2021#:~:text=Housing-,Population,the%20Census%20counted%2072%2C000%20people|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au"/><ref name="censusdata.abs.gov.au"/>

There are more than 100 [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Aboriginal languages]] and dialects spoken in the Northern Territory,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dlgcs.nt.gov.au/interpreting/aboriginal_interpreter_service/aboriginal_languages_in_the_NT |title=Department of Local Government and Community Services – Aboriginal Languages in the NT |access-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130114822/http://www.dlgcs.nt.gov.au/interpreting/aboriginal_interpreter_service/aboriginal_languages_in_the_NT |archive-date=30 January 2016 }}</ref> in addition to English which is most common in cities such as Darwin or Alice Springs. Major indigenous languages spoken in the Northern Territory include [[Murrinh-patha language|Murrinh-patha]] and Ngangikurrungurr in the northwest around [[Wadeye]], [[Warlpiri language|Warlpiri]] and [[Warumungu language|Warumungu]] in the centre around [[Tennant Creek]], [[Upper Arrernte language|Arrernte]] around [[Alice Springs]], [[Pintupi dialect|Pintupi-Luritja]] to the south east, [[Pitjantjatjara language|Pitjantjatjara]] in the south near [[Uluru|Uluru / Ayers Rock]], [[Yolngu Matha]] to the far north in [[Arnhem Land]] (where the dialect Djambarrpuyngu of [[Dhuwal language|Dhuwal]] is considered a lingua franca), and [[Burarra language|Burarra]], [[Maung language|Maung]], [[Iwaidja language|Iwaidja]] and [[Bininj Kunwok language|Kunwinjku]] in the centre north and on [[Croker Island]] and the [[Goulburn Islands]]. [[Tiwi language|Tiwi]] is spoken on [[Melville Island (Australia)|Melville Island]] and [[Bathurst Island (Northern Territory)|Bathurst Island]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dlgcs.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/6540/AIS_map_language.pdf |title=Major Aboriginal languages of the Northern Territory |access-date=23 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130110726/http://www.dlgcs.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/6540/AIS_map_language.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2016 |website=dlgcs.nt.gov.au }}</ref> Literature in many of these languages is available in the [[Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages]].