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Languages in the news 2009
December 2009
31 December Northern Territory’s small languages sidelined from schools by Greg Dickson Ogmios 40: 3-4
25 December Christmas In 10 Native American Languages by Monika Evstatieva NPR
23 December Social Justice Report 2009 Australian Human Rights Commission
15 December Simultaneous interpretation of Parliament into Maori by Pita Sharples Infonews
14 December Efforts to save endangered languages by Lin Edwards Physorg
13 December The beckoning silence: Why half of the world's languages are in serious danger of dying out by Paul Bignell The Independent
5 December Education failure in any language by Nicolas Rothwell The Australian
4 December Speakers of Dena'ina race to save their language by Eric Sowl 2KTUU.com
November 2009
30 November Learning Yuwaalaraay in Walgett The Sydney Morning Herald
28 November First languages first, then English by Mary-Ruth Mendel The Sydney Morning Herald
27 November Talking 'bout their generation comes last by Debra Jopson The Sydney Morning Herald
27 November Schools to teach Aboriginal culture by Heath Gilmore in Higher Education The Sydney Morning Herald
27 November Cut to bilingual teaching won't help students: educators by Lindsay Murdoch In Yirrkala The Sydney Morning Herald
26 November Language is power; let us have ours by Aden Ridgeway The Sydney Morning Herald
12 November 2009 Almost 200 Indian Languages Face Extinction Deutsche Welle
11 November Law on native languages of the indigenous peoples of the North of the Yamal-Nenets Okrug Indigenous Portal
3 November Losing Your Tongue: World's Top Endangered Language Experts Gather Science Daily
October 2009
31 October Indigenous languages still being used ABC News
29 October Why Save Dying Languages? The New York Times blog
Fall 2009 The Cosmopolitan Tongue: The Universality of English by John McWhorter World Affairs: A Journal of Ideas and Debates
29 October Bilingual education changes 'defy commonsense' by Anna Henderson ABC News
20 October Keynote Lecture Language Death by David Crystal The 2009 Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference
19 October The death of language? by Tom Colls BBC Radio Today
13 October How to talk to Aboriginal students by Myrna Tonkinson Eureka Street Vol. 19(20)
11 October Native communities fighting to keep traditional languages alive by Jamie Komarnicki The Star Phoenix
1 October Bilingual education 'never given a chance' by Louisa Rebgetz ABC News
September 2009
24 September Alice Springs closer to getting language centre ABC News
14 September Bilingual debate rages in NT ABC News
14 September Bilingual education changes hit roadblock ABC News
5 September Language challenge for Cree Nation by Aldo Santin Winnipeg Free Press
August 2009
9 August Government tips in $9.3m to help indigenous languages AAP
July 2009
27 July 2009 Scientist at Work: Tucker Childs Linguist’s Preservation Kit Has New Digital Tools by Chris Nicholson New York Times
19 July Ten Teens Study To Guard Their Native Language by Jenny Brundin NPR
2 July Call to save bilingual education by Stuart Rintoul The Australian
May 2009
26 May Languages on Life Support by Peter Monaghan The Chronicle of Higher Education Review
23 May Endangered Alaskan Language Goes Digital by Martha Woodroof NPR
April 2009
19 April Salem linguist preserves endangered tongues by Barbara Curtin Statesman Journal
14 April Endangered Aramaic language makes a comeback in Syria by Ian Black The Guardian
14 April Lost Aboriginal language revived by Phil Mercer BBC News
8 April Women on front line of language preservation by Gail Liston The Australian
1 April Saving Native American languages by Jane O'Brien BBC News
March 2009
13 March Indigenous languages dying - and fast by Tara Ravens news.com.au
8 March 2009 Holding our tongues Hindsight ABC Radio