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Holding our tongues
8 March 2009
Australia

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We often think that the 'tides of history' have washed away most of the
languages in south eastern Australia. But Aboriginal people say those languages
are not dead, just sleeping. We hear the stories of three different Aboriginal
nations whose languages were declared extinct last century. Incredibly, all
those languages are gently being brought back to life... and in a great twist,
they've been revived using the colonial historical record. [Visit the Holding
our Tongues feature website here.]

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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2009/2503576.htm