24.1264, Media: Australia Gives $14 Million to Support Language Resources

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Subject: 24.1264, Media: Australia Gives $14 Million to Support Language Resources

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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:32:34
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Australia Gives $14 Million to Support Language Resources

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 The "Creative Australia" act adds nearly $14 million to support language resources and documentation: "Provide new funding of $13.983 million over four years to develop new community-driven language resources and activities, an extension of the Indigenous Languages Support program…".

Columnist Greg Dickson wonders: while it may sound like a lot of money, does it adequately recognize the dire situation of the many endangered Indigenous languages in Australia?

Read more: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2013/03/13/creative-australia-lends-extra-support-to-indigenous-languages-but-is-it-enough/
 


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