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Rare and Indigenous languages add to backlog of asylum court cases, study finds

HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new study found that hundreds of asylum-seekers placed in the Migrant Protection Protocols program spoke 40 different languages, including several rare and ...
The Conversation

Explainer: how Tasmania’s Aboriginal people reclaimed a language, palawa kani

Senior Lecturer in History; Graduate Research Coordinator, School of Humanities; Course Coordinator, Diploma of History, University of Tasmania Truganini’s death in Hobart in May 1876 attracted ...
Mashable

Stunning animated game helps teach endangered Aboriginal language

Words are the binds that keep communities together, but many of Australia's First Languages are rapidly being lost. When combined with new technologies, however, they can be preserved and spread in ...
The Conversation

Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia

Jennifer Green received funding from an ARC (Australian Research Council) Fellowship (DE160100873), and from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language (CoEDL) (CE140100041). Felicity ...
JSTOR Daily

Aboriginal Language and School Outcomes: Investigating the Associations for Young Adults

Being taught an Aboriginal language at school has generally been associated with positive school outcomes for Aboriginal children but not adults. This study attempted to understand this discordance by ...
Marketplace

Preserving Indigenous cultures and languages with the help of AI

Michael Running Wolf Jr., founder of Indigenous in AI, is on a journey to digitize much of Indigenous people’s traditions, cultures and languages. “We’re trying to show that …. breathing new life into ...
Refinery29

The Musicians Bringing Indigenous Languages To The Mainstream

Australia’s historical and ongoing treatment of First Nations people is embarrassing, disturbing, and downright shameful. Our understanding of First Australians’ communities, culture and language is ...
CNN

New Australian 50 cent coin features 14 indigenous languages

Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Karelian and other Indigenous Languages of Russia: endangerment and revitalization efforts

All indigenous languages in Russia are endangered to differing extents, and in most cases their transmission from generation to another is damaged or interrupted. Indigenous language communities are ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s indigenous Mexicans and Guatemalans miss vital pandemic information due to language barriers

Juan Luis, who moved to Los Angeles from a tiny town in Oaxaca and primarily speaks the indigenous language Zapotec, knew he was missing information about the pandemic changing life around him. In ...
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Rare and Indigenous languages add to backlog of asylum court cases, study finds

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HARLINGEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new ...