Hope new pictorial dictionaries will preserve Indigenous language (fwd link)

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Hope new pictorial dictionaries will preserve Indigenous language
By Chrissy Arthur

Updated Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:04pm AEST

Indigenous language from outback Queensland has been recorded in new
pictorial dictionaries.

The natural resource management group Desert Channels Queensland (DCQ) has
worked for two years on the project and is now rolling out dictionaries to
local schools and libraries.

DCQ spokesman Jeff Poole says while there are 14 main language groups in
the region, it was only able to research five, including the Pitta Pitta
and Kalkadoon.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-15/hope-new-dictionaries-will-preserve-indigenous-language/4888400
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