Saving indigenous languages in Australia

[Paula Meyer]

It is interesting (again) when the colonizers support the revitalization of the languages that they so effectively brought to the "last vestiges."

Paula
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  FYI, from the TK Bulletin blog at http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/this-week-in-review-saving-indigenous-languages-in-australia/

   

   

  This week in review. Saving indigenous languages in Australia

  Posted by Kirsty under Indigenous and local communities, Language, News alerts, Traditional knowledge

  11 August 2009

   

  $9.3m to save indigenous languages

  The Age [Australia], 9 August 2009

   

  CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: The Australian federal government has pledged $9.3 million over the coming year to help take 113 indigenous languages off the critically endangered list. Of the 145 indigenous dialects spoken in Australia, 110 are at risk of being lost, a 2005 report found. But under the government's national indigenous languages policy, there will be an increased focus on protecting the last vestiges of indigenous language. The policy will also encourage the teaching of indigenous languages in schools, although it is understood not to alter the course in the Northern Territory, where bilingual education is set to be scrapped in 2010. Read the article. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/93m-to-save-indigenous-languages-20090809-edza.html
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