Million Indigenous placenames in danger of disappearing (fwd link)

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Million Indigenous placenames in danger of disappearing

Posted Wed May 26, 2010 5:14am AEST
Australia

Placenames: Harold Koch says Canberra is an example of an Indigenous word
that is now pronounced incorrectly. (ABC Local: Jim Trail)

MAP: Canberra 2600
The editors of a new book on Aboriginal languages say more than a million
Indigenous placenames are in danger of being lost forever.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/26/2909320.htm
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