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Northern Territory News
Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:47
Writing On Wall For Remote Tongues
A NATIONAL bilingual syllabus is urgently needed in schools in Aboriginal communities to slow the rapid decline of indigenous languages, the new peak Aboriginal congress has told the Gillard government.
The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples said the rollout of bilingual education in indigenous schools should become one of…
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Northern Territory News
Tuesday, 17 January 2012 12:35
High-Tech Bid To Save Ancient Top End Language
Researchers are developing a mobile phone application in an effort to help save an ancient Aboriginal language that is close to being lost forever.
The language of Iwaidja is thousands of years old but on Croker Island in the Top End only about 150 people still speak it.
Iwaidja is…
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Northern Territory News
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 08:18
Cyclone Warnings For Remote Communities
ABC Local Radio in the Northern Territory will be broadcast through the Indigenous TEABBA network over Christmas, with cyclone information warnings played in indigenous languages.
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Thursday, 01 December 2011 11:04
Destroying Indigenous Communities And Cultures
Jenny Macklin has just delivered her second reading speech for the new intervention legislation.
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Sunday, 27 November 2011 09:11
Music The Language To Lower All Barriers
IN THE space of just two months, the Aboriginal singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has met the US President, Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
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Saturday, 05 November 2011 07:43
New NT Education Policy Still Sidelines Indigenous Language
The Northern Territory government's latest proposed approach to teaching Aboriginal students, like its previous policy, places a primacy on reading and writing in English. It allows for students' first language to be used to help teachers explain new concepts, but critics fear it falls short of valuing Aboriginal languages.
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Wednesday, 02 November 2011 07:34
Research Project To Preserve Indigenous Languages In NT
Literature in more than 16 Northern Territory Aboriginal languages will be preserved after Charles Darwin University researchers secured $430,000 as part of the Australian Research Council's 2012 Major Grants Announcement.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011 08:19
Languages: A Podcast Of Champions In Warlpiri
This is part of our preview of the online dialogue “Using Citizen Media Tools to Promote Under-Represented Languages.”
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Monday, 24 October 2011 12:01
Dreamtime Story Reaches Younger Generations
An Indigenous story originating from Arnhem Land in northern NT has been made into an animated film to connect with a younger audience.
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 13:41
Traditional Indigenous language in danger of extinction
Imagine being one of only a dozen or so people left in the world to speak a language.
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