How technology is saving Indigenous languages
Language is a precious asset, a commodity that many are doing their utmost to preserve. NITV looks…
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ANU Researcher Translates UN Declaration of Human Rights into Aboriginal Pintupi-Luritja Language
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has been made available — for the first…
Aboriginal languages absent in senior high schools
Less than a dozen year 12 students across Australia are studying an Aboriginal language subject as part…
Indigenous Languages, Literacy and the Myth of the “Unwritten Language”
Many of us have heard about the Indigenous literacy gap – but probably think it applies only…
Spotlighting Australia’s Languages: Anindilyakwa
We Australians don’t know much about the languages spoken in our own country – so Fully Sic…
Indigenous Literacy Foundation Brings a Love of Reading to Remote Communities
In the ancient Indigenous language of the Tiwi people of Melville and Bathurst islands there is no…
$11.9 Million to Preserve Indigenous Languages
The Australian Government today announces $11.9 million for 2015-16 to support work to revive and maintain Australia’s…
Racing to Record Indigenous Languages Under Attack From ‘Onslaught of English’
Comprehensive documentation of several Indigenous Australian languages, some of which are highly endangered and at risk of…