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Author Albert, Trish, author

Title Keeping language alive / Trish Albert
Published Port Melbourne, Vic. : Rigby/Pearson Education, c2009
Port Melbourne, Vic. : Pearson/Rigby Education, [2008]
©2008

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 MELB CRC  499.15 Alb/Kla  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS CRC  499.15 Alb/Kla  AVAILABLE
Description 24 pages : color illustrations, 1 map, music, portraits ; 24-25 cm
Series First Australians. Plenty stories
Albert, Trish. First Australians. Plenty stories
First Australians. Plenty stories
Contents Holding on to language -- Speaking Guugu Yimithirr -- Speaking Wiradjuri -- Speaking Torres Strait Creole -- Keeping culture alive -- Glossary
Summary In 1788, there were around 250 Indigenous languages in Australia. About half of them have since died out and only 20 or so Indigenous languages are still strong and spoken by young people. This book shows how three schools are helping to 'keep language strong'. Discover the cultures and histories of different Indigenous groups as you learn about the Guugu Yimithirr, Wiradjuri and Torres Strait Creole languages
Analysis All Australian Indigenous Material
juvenile non-fiction
Notes Cover title
In collaboration with the National Museum of Australia
Includes index
Audience Primary students
Subject Wiradjuri language -- Juvenile literature
Creole dialects, English -- Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands -- Juvenile literature
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature
Guugu Yimithirr language -- Juvenile literature
Torres Strait Creole dialect -- Juvenile literature
Australian languages.
Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile literature.
Torres Strait Islanders -- History
Indigenous peoples -- History
Indigenous peoples -- Languages.
Torres Strait Islanders -- Languages
Wiradjuri language.
Guugu Yimithirr language.
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Juvenile literature
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
Aboriginal Australians -- Languages.
Genre/Form Juvenile works.
Author National Museum of Australia
ISBN 9780731274123 (paperback)
9781442509085 (hardback)