Taiwan indigenous tribes launch language revival programs (fwd link)

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*Taiwan indigenous tribes launch language revival programs*

Publication Date：08/03/2012
Source： Taiwan Today
By  June Tsai

Several indigenous groups in Taiwan have launched their own language
revival programs as part of an ROC Council of Indigenous Peoples initiative
to save aboriginal languages facing extinction.

Master-apprentice programs have been organized to boost the acquisition and
use of Kanakanavu, Saaroa, Sakizaya and the Rukai dialects of Mantauran and
Tona.

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