<div dir="ltr">3 FEB 2014 - 5:50PM<br><br><font size="4"><b>Call for compensation over 'stolen' Indigenous languages</b></font><br><br>An international language scholar has called on the federal government to financially compensate First Nations Peoples who had their traditional language stolen.<br>
<br><div>By <br>Tara Callinan<br>Source <br>NITV News<br>UPDATED YESTERDAY 6:47 PM<br><br>Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann said money needed to be invested in helping Indigenous Australians reclaim their native tongues.<br>
<br>"These Aboriginal people who suffered, whose language suffered linguicide, ought to receive compensation in the form of several millions of dollars put in a bank and used for revival purposes, for linguistic activities without competing for grants or fellowships," Mr Zuckermann said.<br>
<br>Professor Zuckermann has established the Barngarla Language Advisory Committee to involve community representatives from Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Port Augusta.<br><br>"They will decide where to have the revivals, how often to have the reclamation workshops, who will participate, who will get funding to travel from here to there," he said.<br>
<br>Access full article below: <br></div><div><a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/03/call-compensation-over-stolen-indigenous-languages">http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/03/call-compensation-over-stolen-indigenous-languages</a><br>
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