Parlez vous Yolngu? (fwd link)

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*Parlez vous Yolngu?*

Vicki Kerrigan
Updated September 19, 2012 11:54:41

We must extinguish the idea of Australia as a monolingual place and there's
no better place to start than in the classroom. ABC 105.7 Drive presenter
Vicki Kerrigan on why all Australians should learn Aboriginal languages.

Darwin sounds different. When you walk along the foreshore in Nightcliff,
one of the most beautiful and popular spots in Darwin to enjoy the Arafura
Sea, you can hear the difference.

As you sit on the grass, under the trees which grow on the edge of the
sand, you can eavesdrop on the languages of the first people of this
country. Those who have travelled from north east Arnhem Land to the city
might speak Yolngu Matha; those from the country north west of Alice
Springs speak Warlpiri.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-19/kerriganlanguage/4267938/?site=indigenous&topic=latest
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