Indigenous language dormant for more than 100 years revived (fwd link)

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*Indigenous language dormant for more than 100 years revived*

Natalie Whiting reported this story on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 12:42:00
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ELEANOR HALL: For more than a century the Indigenous language once spoken
in the region around Adelaide has been dormant.

There were no voice recordings and no native speakers left.

But a dedicated team has been trawling through historical documents for
more than two decades to try to piece the language together.

Now people are holding whole conversations in the Kaurna language,e as
Natalie Whiting reports.
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