what languages do australians speak
Although Australia has no official language, it is largely monolingual with English being the de facto national language. Australian English has its own distinctive accent and vocabulary. The next most common languages spoken at home are Chinese (2.1%), Italian (1.9%), and Greek (1.4%). A considerable proportion of first- and second-generation migrants are bilingual. It is believed that there were between 200 and 300 Australian Aboriginal languages at the time of first European contact.