Yes, the overall picture for indigenous language preservation is pretty bleak. But some highly driven people using modern technology are refusing to let some languages die. We’ll hear about the work of the World Oral Literature Project, which started in Nepal. And also Miromaa—a software program developed in Newcastle which is being used by indigenous communities around the world.
Guests
Karina Lester
Aboriginal language worker, Mobile Language Team, Discipline of Linguistics at the University of Adelaide.
Daryn McKenny
General Manager at Miromaa Aboriginal Language & Technology Centre.
Dr Mark Turin
Director, Digital Himalaya Project and director, World Oral Literature Project. Associate research scientist, South Asian Studies Council at Yale University.
Anne Makepeace
Director and writer of We Still Live Here.
- Broadcast: Sunday 18 March 2012 11:30AM
- This article originally appears at:
- http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/a-new-voice-for-22dying22-languages/3886306
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- ABC Radio National
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