Kshetrabasi Juanga on filming Juang traditions for the next generation — and why he compares Indigenous languages to grass pushing through a cracked road.
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Kshetrabasi Juanga on filming Juang traditions for the next generation — and why he compares Indigenous languages to grass pushing through a cracked road.
Local youth and native speakers recorded words, stories and sounds from threatened languages across Indonesia and shared them openly on Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons.
A Van Gujjari speaker explains why audio and video can preserve what books cannot, and why communities should keep control of their language and knowledge.
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