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There are broadly 150 indigenous language groups but only about 14 are still in common use.
If you've worked for a single company/system for 7 years you get a bonus 6 weeks 'long-service' leave.
We have a native cherry that grows inside out called a cherry ballart.
Our cuisine is really varied depending on your geography with a lot of soth East Asian influences. Most people will make stir-fry reasonably often and we have our own variations of sushi and dim sum which would offend most Japanese or Chinese people.
Aight, my geography isn't heaps great, but I do vaguely remember a Southeast Asian nation with tons of indigenous languages. Shot in the dark, one of the archipelago nations?
The cherry ballart sounds neat! So I take it ya crack 'em open to get the fleshy juicy goodness inside?
Australia. Here's a tidbit on the cherry ballart.
https://theconversation.com/native-cherries-are-a-bit-mysterious-and-possibly-inside-out-108760
Aw derp, not even close xD Much love to yer folks and country from here in the States! Always had love for Aussie slang and y'all's shortening of half the English language.