29 min
One in five indigenous languages in the world are found across the Pacific Islands. What do we need to do to make sure we don't lose that? Culture Compass
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- Society & Culture
"I would love to see young people, after seeing our videos, do videos about their own native language, because we have 800 plus different languages in Papua New Guinea which are slowly dying out because we are not preserving it."
Emily Papa has taken to TikTok in an attempt to save the local dialect of Enga Province, her hometown in PNG, the most linguistically diverse country on the planet. Let that sink in for a minute!
It's more than just words too, all across the Pacific our languages hold the key to ancient customs and lore, but as more and more people move away from their villages and need to communicate in cities, some languages are facing a dire future.
In this episode of Culture Compass, you'll hear how different dialects are being preserved in PNG, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Culture Compass was produced by Deadset Studios for ABC Radio Australia.
"I would love to see young people, after seeing our videos, do videos about their own native language, because we have 800 plus different languages in Papua New Guinea which are slowly dying out because we are not preserving it."
Emily Papa has taken to TikTok in an attempt to save the local dialect of Enga Province, her hometown in PNG, the most linguistically diverse country on the planet. Let that sink in for a minute!
It's more than just words too, all across the Pacific our languages hold the key to ancient customs and lore, but as more and more people move away from their villages and need to communicate in cities, some languages are facing a dire future.
In this episode of Culture Compass, you'll hear how different dialects are being preserved in PNG, Vanuatu and Fiji.
Culture Compass was produced by Deadset Studios for ABC Radio Australia.
29 min