Premier pitching for teaching of aboriginal languages (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Premier pitching for teaching of aboriginal languages

2012/07/19 21:50:55

Taipei, July 19 (CNA) Premier Sean Chen said Thursday that government
agencies responsible for aboriginal culture and education should consider
the possibility of establishing an integrated phoneticsystem to help
children learn indigenous languages.

The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) should work with educational
institutions to come up with a system that will make it easier for children
to learn tribal languages at a time when many such languages are at risk of
extinction, Chen said during a weekly Cabinet meeting.

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