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INTRODUCTION: Linguistic revitalisation is ultimately a struggle for social justice

  • Dr Lajiadou & Professor Ikuko Nakane,

Policymakers, educators, and communities need to champion multilingual education, preserve heritage languages, and empower marginalised voices.

Bridging the gap between reality and Japan’s Ainu Cultural Policy

  • Prof Jeffry Gayman & Saana Santalahti,

The indigenous Ainu people of Japan are trying to revitalise and reclaim their language, but they face major hurdles.

‘The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet’ by Gerald Roche

  • Jack McMahon,

An accessible yet complex cross-disciplinary analysis of how state policy promotes some languages while suppressing others.

Challenging assimilation and marginalisation: the case of the Kurdish language

  • Dr Farangis Ghaderi and Dr Joanna Bocheńska,

Kurdish speakers are not at all reconciled with the loss of their languages.

INTERVIEW: Australia is a multilingual society & accepting multiculturalism means taking language seriously

  • Professor Ingrid Piller,

The dominance of English in Australia has negative consequences for people who don’t speak it perfectly.

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