Banma Kiya » International http://www.qilac.org.au Queensland Languages Advisory Committee Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Indigenous languages under threat, UN finds http://www.qilac.org.au/indigenous-languages-under-threat-un-finds/ http://www.qilac.org.au/indigenous-languages-under-threat-un-finds/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:28:22 +0000 admin http://www.qilac.org.au/?p=113 The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO says more than 100 languages in Australia are in danger of extinction.

The latest edition of UNESCO’s atlas of world languages in danger was launched in Paris yesterday and shows almost half the 6,700 languages spoken worldwide could disappear.

Sarah Cutfield from the Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies says the map is a great resource for those working to preserve traditional languages.

Original ABC article

UNESCO media release

Access to digital atlas

Unesco Endangered languages Worldmap (9M PDF)

]]> http://www.qilac.org.au/indigenous-languages-under-threat-un-finds/feed/ 0 Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project http://www.qilac.org.au/wampanoag-language-reclamation-project/ http://www.qilac.org.au/wampanoag-language-reclamation-project/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:46:35 +0000 admin http://www.qilac.org.au/?p=78 Aquinnah

The Wôpanâak language (Wampanoag) was once spoken throughout eastern Massachusetts, but had no remaining speakers by the mid 18th century.

The awakening of Wôpanâak after seven generations without speakers is a uniquely inspiring story of cultural survival and tribal unity. Tribal citizens founded the Wampanoag Language Reclamation Project in 1997, and its participants and students are the first Native American community to successfully reclaim a language with no living speakers.

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