Aboriginal language decline: the digital intervention (fwd link)

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*Aboriginal language decline: the digital intervention*

Ben Collins
Updated November 19, 2012 10:18:39

Putting traditional languages into the social media realm will hopefully
promote their use by the next generation of speakers.

Audio: Technology revives Aboriginal language (AM)

Most Australians are completely oblivious to the fact that our nation is
home to some of the world's language diversity hotspots. Indigenous
languages hold important stories of human history, but they are sadly in
decline. As ABC's Ben Collins writes, it is now hoped that digital
technology will preserve these languages and the secrets they hold.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-19/collins-aboriginal-language-decline/4378376/?site=indigenous&topic=latest
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