Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2005
Classification Scheme Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
|Metadata item type:||Classification Scheme|
|Synonymous names:||ASCL 2005|
Community Services (retired), Superseded 17/11/2011
Health, Superseded 17/11/2011
Housing assistance, Standard 10/02/2006
|Definition:||The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) classification for the languages spoken by Australians.|
The ASCL has a three-level hierarchical structure.
Languages are grouped together into progressively broader categories on the basis of their evolution from a common ancestral language, and on the basis of geographic proximity of areas where a particular language originated.
Collection and usage attributes
|Guide for use:|
The ASCL is intended for use in the collection, aggregation and dissemination of data relating to the language use of the Australian population, or subsets of the population.
Indexes in alphabetical and numerical order are available, see the Origin: attribute.
Source and reference attributes
Australian Bureau of Statistics 2005. Australian Standard Classification of Languages (ASCL) 2005. Cat No. 1267.0. 2nd Edition, Canberra: ABS. Viewed 29 July 2005
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|Related metadata references:|
Supersedes Australian Standard Classification of Languages 1997
Community Services (retired), Superseded 30/09/2005
Health, Superseded 08/02/2006
Has been superseded by Australian Standard Classification of Languages 2011
Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
Community Services (retired), Standard 17/11/2011
Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
Homelessness, Superseded 10/08/2018
Housing assistance, Standard 17/11/2011
Tasmanian Health, Superseded 27/06/2017
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