Military device holds key to saving Oneida language (fwd link)

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Military device holds key to saving Oneida language

Wed, November 28, 2007
By JENNIFER O'BRIEN, SUN MEDIA

The problem is, Oneida children don't speak Oneida -- haven't for three
generations -- say leaders from the area First Nation.

But suddenly, thanks to a military tool, the Oneida of the Thames community has
found a way to tap into a solution for its dying language. One that was there
all along.

Some of the 2,000-strong community's eldest -- only 90 still speak fluent Oneida
-- spent yesterday recording phrases in their native language onto machines
called Phraselators.

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