We exist to serve Indigenous language communities in Australia and Timor.
The Australian Society for Indigenous Languages (AuSIL) is a faith based non-profit organisation committed to serving language communities as they pursue their goals for their languages and ethnolinguistic identity. We partner with communities in carrying out linguistic research and language documentation, translation, training, and the development of language resources.
11/05/2026
Imagine getting Scripture in your own language for the first time!
Bible Translation Workshop ~ November 2025 See what speakers of Indigenous Australian languages got up to at a Bible translation workshop in Darwin in November.Video was recorded by Deb Fox (Wycliffe)...
15/04/2026
Frequently in translation we come across words that do not occur in the language we are working in.
On either side of Easter, a Mawng workshop translating 1 Thessalonians and an Iwaidja workshop (pictured) translating the story of Jesus’ birth in Luke 2 were held in Darwin. In 1 Thessalonians, the team worked on how to express concepts like hope, joy and glory, and in Luke 2 it was words from the story like sheep and shepherds. Both groups were faced with the need to find creative solutions.
The conversations within the team and with helpers showed how important teamwork is for translation.
Please pray for ongoing work in these two languages as they continue checking their drafts so that they can share them with the community.