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Indigenous languages see revival in Australian schools

… the language of an Indigenous Australian people in New South Wales. Reviving language is seen as critical by many of the country’s Indigenous people. Australia has one of the highest rates of ...
AOL

Australian schools lead revival of fading Indigenous languages

COFFS HARBOUR, Australia (Reuters) - Whirling barefoot in a sand circle, Clark Webb leads a class of school children as they dance to clapsticks and the songs of the Gumbaynggirr, an Aboriginal ...
The Conversation

Indigenous languages matter – but all is not lost when they change or even disappear

Maïa Ponsonnet has received funding from the Australian Research Council (Australian) and from the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (France). UNESCO’s International Year of Indigenous Languages ...
The Conversation

Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia

Jennifer Green received funding from an ARC (Australian Research Council) Fellowship (DE160100873), and from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) (CE140100041). Felicity ...
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The Musicians Bringing Indigenous Languages To The Mainstream

Australia’s historical and ongoing treatment of First Nations people is embarrassing, disturbing, and downright shameful. Our understanding of First Australians’ communities, culture and language is ...