Call for compensation over 'stolen' Indigenous languages (fwd link)

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3 FEB 2014 - 5:50PM

*Call for compensation over 'stolen' Indigenous languages*

An international language scholar has called on the federal government to
financially compensate First Nations Peoples who had their traditional
language stolen.

By
Tara Callinan
Source
NITV News
UPDATED YESTERDAY 6:47 PM

Professor Ghil'ad Zuckermann said money needed to be invested in helping
Indigenous Australians reclaim their native tongues.

"These Aboriginal people who suffered, whose language suffered linguicide,
ought to receive compensation in the form of several millions of dollars
put in a bank and used for revival purposes, for linguistic activities
without competing for grants or fellowships," Mr Zuckermann said.

Professor Zuckermann has established the Barngarla Language Advisory
Committee to involve community representatives from Port Lincoln, Whyalla
and Port Augusta.

"They will decide where to have the revivals, how often to have the
reclamation workshops, who will participate, who will get funding to travel
from here to there," he said.

Access full article below:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/02/03/call-compensation-over-stolen-indigenous-languages
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