[lg policy] Western Australia: new federal funding to help ensure the survival of Indigenous languages

[Harold Schiffman]

The head of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board has
welcomed new federal funding to help ensure the survival of Indigenous
languages.

The Federal Government has launched a $9.3 million national Indigenous
language policy in an attempt to save 110 indigenous languages which
are at risk of disappearing. The chairman of the board, Mark Bin
Bakar, says preserving the languages would benefit all Australians,
not just Indigenous people.

"I think when non-Indigenous people are in a position to learn [a]
language they can start to understand the connection to country and
the connection to the essence of environment and to each other as
human beings," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/11/2652556.htm?site=northwestwa

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