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Maintenance and revival strategies for Indigenous languages: lessons from Australia

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Abstract

The last decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the revival and maintenance of Aboriginal languages in Australia, where only 12 of 250-odd languages are currently being acquired by children as a first language. This paper provides an overview of the language maintenance and revival initiatives that have been tried and tested in that time; places them against the political and social contexts that have shaped them; and attempts an assessment of the relative successes of the strategies attempted.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEndangered Languages in India
EditorsKamalini Sengupta
Place of PublicationNew Delhi, India
PublisherIndian National Trust For Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
Pages112-133
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9788173054686
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Publication series

NameIntangible Cultural Heritage

Keywords

  • Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)

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