<b>Aboriginal language decline: the digital intervention</b><br><br>Ben Collins<br>Updated November 19, 2012 10:18:39<br><br>Putting traditional languages into the social media realm will hopefully promote their use by the next generation of speakers.<br>
<br>Audio: Technology revives Aboriginal language (AM)<br><br>Most Australians are completely oblivious to the fact that our nation is home to some of the world's language diversity hotspots. Indigenous languages hold important stories of human history, but they are sadly in decline. As ABC's Ben Collins writes, it is now hoped that digital technology will preserve these languages and the secrets they hold.<br>
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