Indigenous languages continue to fade (fwd link)

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​PSnewsonline
Edition Number 400. Updated Tuesday, 11 March 2014
AUS​

*Indigenous languages continue to fade*

The findings from a survey of Indigenous languages in Australia has
revealed a continuing trend towards language loss across the country.

Conducted by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Studies (AIATSIS), the survey found that there were about 120
Indigenous languages still spoken today - a drop from 145 in 2005,
according to Chairman of AIATSIS, Professor Mick Dodson.

He said the survey painted a complex picture of the current state of health
of Indigenous languages in Australia.

"Languages such as Wiradjuri from central western New South Wales are being
revived and are now taught to children in local schools," he said.

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