Queensland community groups will be given hundreds of thousands of dollars in new grants from the state government to help preserve and revitalise First Nations languages.
Queensland community groups and organisations will be given hundreds of thousands of dollars in new grants to help preserve and revitalise First Nations languages across the state.The Queensland government has released a new strategy aimed at reviving and strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Leeanne Enoch will announce the grant recipients today as a new strategy is unveiled to revive and strengthen Indigenous languages. "Ensuring children learn Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages is an integral part of preservation," she said."Children in Lockhart River have already benefited from Indigenous Languages Grant funding for storybooks in the Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u language."There are more than 250 Indigenous languages in Australia but only about 12 are still spoken regularly across different generations within communities.
The grants will also fund the recording and translation of traditional songs, new language books, and art yarning sessions.Joyce Bonner, chairperson of the Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee, said past policies and practices had resulted in "significant language loss". Initiatives in the new strategy include grants for artists to provide "community-based" activities to promote First Nations languages.
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