Question

In which country did the “Aborigines” described in the text live? “Isolated from the larger world, the Aborigines lived in small hunting and food-gathering bands, much as their Stone Age ancestors had. Aboriginal groups spoke as many as 250 distinct languages."

New Zealand

India

Australia

Japan

Answer 1

The answer is Australia.

Step-by-step explanation:

More than 250 indigenous Autralian languages of Austronesian origin with over 800 dialectal varieties were spoken on the continent when European settlements began in 1788. Today, only 13 indigenous languages are learned by the children.