Call for action to save Aboriginal languages (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

*Call for action to save Aboriginal languages*

September 18, 2012
Bianca Hall

Aboriginal languages are in danger of being wiped out in the next decade,
with only 18 of an estimated 250 original languages still spoken by
significant numbers of people.

Those who speak Aboriginal languages as a first language face stark
disadvantage and social problems, a report has found.

After more than a year of work, Parliament's standing committee on
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs yesterday released a
wide-ranging report recommending urgent work be done to ensure as many
languages as possible survive, and that speakers of those languages are not
further marginalised from mainstream society.

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http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/call-for-action-to-save-aboriginal-languages-20120918-263kq.html#ixzz26wR6lOQW
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