Aboriginal language is very varied, but most of them are faced with a loss. There are about 250 dialects in before the arrival of Europeans, but now only a hundred, really only used in 20. Most of the indigenous people have used English as their first or second language. Many varieties of language only the old one will say. The native language is faced the danger of dating.
With the development of Aboriginal culture. Unique instruments and folk styles has appeared and become an important aspect of the Aboriginal culture. In the recent time, Aboriginal music have been divided into rock and roll, hip hop and reggae. The typical instrument is didgeridoo, which is considered as the national instrument of Australian Aborigines. There is a few
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Singing and dancing are compulsory subjects for every Aboriginal child. Children in different ages to learn to sing different content of the song, from which to understand and grasp their own cultural ideas, to grasp the survival of a variety of skills. Didgeridoos is the most important indigenous musical instruments, made of hollow woodwind, by adult men show. Native music is composed of a rhythmic song with limited musical instruments. The music is mostly composed of Didgeridoos in addition to the original simple percussion instruments, such as clapping, beat, blow sticks and other body. Aboriginal music has a strong sense of rhythm, full of strength. The whole song is shorter, about a minute or so. The lyrics are vivid, involving the fairy tale and the totem animal. Native people to sing, with the beat of the beat, and sing and shout, very lively. A group of contemporary Aboriginal musicians have come to the fore, absorb and use Western musical elements, make full use of modern musical instruments, sound equipment and technology, follow the trend of modern music, and then combine the rhythm of indigenous music to express the traditional theme of indigenous music, creating a unique indigenous rock music, and then swept the whole of Australia
On the other hand, Torres Strait Islander music is performed with percussion accompaniment. Two or three-part harmony singers play the island