Forum on Competing Voices: the status of Indigenous language in the French Pacific and Australia

The Pacific region boasts a third of the world’s total living languages. A panel of experts examines ideas around national policies that recognize and protect minority languages, education systems that promote mother-tongue instruction, and creative collaboration between community and linguists. Indigenous language expert Professor Jakelin Troy, joins linguistics professor Nick Enfield, Professor of Oceanic Languages and Cultures, Bernard Rigo, founding member of the Australian South Sea Islanders, Emelda Davis and Ernie Dingo in a robust discussion on language use. THIS LECTURE TOOK PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY ON 25 MAY 2015 AS PART OF THE SYDNEY IDEAS PROGRAM. For more info and speaker's biography see this page: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2015/competing_voices_pacific_forum.shtml