Aboriginal English to speak up (fwd link)

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Aboriginal English to speak up

Justine Ferrari, Education writer | April 14, 2008

ABORIGINAL English should be recognised as a distinct dialect with speakers
requiring the support given to those who speak English as a second language.

In a submission to the 2020 Summit, a group of linguists based at Monash
University in Melbourne has called for formal acknowledgment that many
indigenous people, particularly those in remote communities, do not speak
Australian English.

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