According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, given the census figures for 2011, an estimated 76.8% of Australians speak only English at home. However, there are another 22% or so who speak English as a second or third language.

We speak English in Australia.

A reasonable translation would be "talk".

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We're also likely to speak (and there's another Australian word for 'talk') of 'having a yarn', an old phrase still widely in use today; so someone might say, 'Had a yarn with Ted the other day,'.

Other things we do to exchange information are chat, gossip, and all the other conversational things the English-speaking world does.

'Let's have coffee (or a drink)' is, as in many other parts of the world, a euphemism for 'let's talk'. 'Let's do lunch,' is an invitation to talk in some depth, and 'Let's have dinner,' means really serious talk will probably happen.

Way back, when we told a story, we'd 'spin a yarn', and 'come in spinner' became an invitation to tell a tale, along with its other meanings involving sport, from cricket to fishing and beyond, as well as a traditional form of gambling. These terms are still popular in Australia.

There are plenty of other colourful Australianisms, frequently traceable to British terms, which refer to conversation.

All Indigenous Australian languages have different words for 'talk', as do the very many other languages spoken in Australia, all of which contribute to our lovely language. Many Scottish and Irish people in Australia use the term 'craic', meaning convivial conversation, frequently involving pints of beer. 'Having a cuppa' also means chatting.

And, of course, we mostly just plain 'talk'.

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Yabber is an older word that was commonly used when I was a kid, and wongai (from an indigenous word) was also common. When isolated rural properties and small communities were connected by pedal (and later CB) radio, the womenfolk used to put time aside to chat once or more a week. These times were known as galah sessions.

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