Calls for funding to save Australia's critically-endangered Indigenous languages

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With 2023's International Mother Language day focusing on multilingual education, First Nations advocates are calling for increased support to protect Australia's first languages.

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Published 21 February 2023 8:04pm

By Emma Kellaway, Aymen Baghdadi

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With 2023's International Mother Language day focusing on multilingual education, First Nations advocates are calling for increased support to protect Australia's first languages.

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Calls for funding to save Australia's critically-endangered Indigenous languages

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With 2023's International Mother Language day focusing on multilingual education, First Nations advocates are calling for increased support to protect Australia's first languages.

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With 2023's International Mother Language day focusing on multilingual education, First Nations advocates are calling for increased support to protect Australia's first languages.

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