Tag: Aboriginal language

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Transient Languages and Cultures Blog

http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/elac/

This up to date blog, is authored collectively by the members of PARADISEC.  PARADISEC was reviewed in an earlier posting to this blog.  The blog provides a rich set of resources and ongoing commentary on current research efforts in language preservation and revitalization.  There are numerous links to related blogs and to sites maintained by linguistic researchers.

As with the parent PARADISEC site, it is hard to tell if there is a large amount of indigenous input into this site, but nevertheless, the site does provide useful tools to those working in indigenous  language linguistics.

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FATSIL (Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders)

http://www.fatsil.org.au

This is an Aboriginal run Australian organization which is a national body for community based indigenous language programs in Australia.  According to the site, the organisation was established in 1991 in response to the Australian Language and Literacy Policy, to promote the maintenance, retrieval and revival of indigenous languages, through the support of community based language programs.  FATSIL “acts in an advisory role on issues relating to Indigenous languages to ATSIC, government and relevant non-government agencies, and provides a communication network to support information sharing between all target groups involved with Indigenous languages in Australia.”

The site provides excellent resources such as newsletters, discussion forums, a monthly profiled language,  links to published research.  The site apprears to promote a very positive, community-based approach to language revitalization and maintenance.

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