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Brian Ross Gold Member Online Representative of me Posts: 45140	Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language Nov 19^th, 2025 at 10:40am Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89106 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language Reply #1 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 10:48am Pretty desperate nonsense there...
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Reply #2 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 10:48am

Brian Ross wrote on Nov 19^th, 2025 at 10:40am:

Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards Cool

A smartphone game designed by WA traditional owners to save their near-extinct language has been globally recognised for its social impact.

"Nyiyaparli Widi" won five Anthem Awards, nominated alongside projects backed by Google and the World Wildlife Fund.

Thank you, Dr Freud......

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Reply #3 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 11:26am

Frank wrote on Nov 19^th, 2025 at 10:48am:

Brian Ross wrote on Nov 19^th, 2025 at 10:40am:

Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards Cool

A smartphone game designed by WA traditional owners to save their near-extinct language has been globally recognised for its social impact.

"Nyiyaparli Widi" won five Anthem Awards, nominated alongside projects backed by Google and the World Wildlife Fund.

Thank you, Dr Freud......

Also, did the game designers use the Aboriginal writing system or did they go for the Latin script?

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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89106 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language Reply #4 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 11:29am Traditional smartphones?
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Jasin Gold Member Online Posts: 53773 Gender:	Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language Reply #5 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 3:20pm Did the Britannys of Cornwall, Wales and Brittany in France... or the Gaelics of Eire, Isle of Mann or of Scotland get taxpayer funded such games too? No. Of course not. They're not black.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89106 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language Reply #6 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 4:22pm Well may the telephone game save the social media - because NOTHING will save a dead language.
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Reply #7 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 4:35pm

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 19^th, 2025 at 4:22pm:

Well may the telephone game save the social media - because NOTHING will save a dead language.

What good is a language that only 5 people can speak?

English united India as they had over 400 languages and dialects -
people in the next village couldn't communicate before English. Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Nov 19^th, 2025 at 5:08pm

I have everything for English being the official international language.
Especially over slimy gay French that talks out of its arse or even Spanish which will die like an indigenous trapped in time, down in South America.
I have nothing against small minority languages continuing to exist in the name of privacy talking and adding to accent and character to countries.
I don't agree in the backwardness if minority languages being made mandatory 'over' English to isolate its people.

Why do such languages, like mentioned in the OP, struggle to stay alive?
It's usually because they blame others for their demise than anything else.

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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3183 New England, NSW Gender:	Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language Reply #9 - Yesterday at 8:57am As one who speaks what was an endangered language and has lived to see his children and grandchildren become fluent/native speakers, I’m all for it; having one’s own traditional language is very satisfying and is a link with one’s ancestral family.
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Reply #10 - Yesterday at 9:05am

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote Yesterday at 8:57am:

As one who speaks what was an endangered language and has lived to see his children and grandchildren become fluent/native speakers, I’m all for it; having one’s own traditional language is very satisfying and is a link with one’s ancestral family.

I agree with you.

What is jarring, however, is the constant seething denunciation of every Western improvement- they are countless- that Aborigines received. The schizophrenia is jarring.

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Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language
Reply #11 - Yesterday at 9:05am

Jasin wrote on Nov 19^th, 2025 at 5:08pm:

I have everything for English being the official international language.
Especially over slimy gay French that talks out of its arse or even Spanish which will die like an indigenous trapped in time, down in South America.
I have nothing against small minority languages continuing to exist in the name of privacy talking and adding to accent and character to countries.
I don't agree in the backwardness if minority languages being made mandatory 'over' English to isolate its people.

Why do such languages, like mentioned in the OP, struggle to stay alive?
It's usually because they blame others for their demise than anything else.

French is not a gay language - I can sort of speak it quite well -
depending on the subject -
but it is overly verbose, difficult and has annoying accents in its spelling.
English is far more useful -
the internet is built mostly on English.

Small minority languages are a complete waste of time and effort.

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Re: Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language
Reply #12 - Yesterday at 3:47pm

Bobby. wrote Yesterday at 9:05am:

Jasin wrote on Nov 19^th, 2025 at 5:08pm:

I have everything for English being the official international language.
Especially over slimy gay French that talks out of its arse or even Spanish which will die like an indigenous trapped in time, down in South America.
I have nothing against small minority languages continuing to exist in the name of privacy talking and adding to accent and character to countries.
I don't agree in the backwardness if minority languages being made mandatory 'over' English to isolate its people.

Why do such languages, like mentioned in the OP, struggle to stay alive?
It's usually because they blame others for their demise than anything else.

French is not a gay language - I can sort of speak it quite well -
depending on the subject -
but it is overly verbose, difficult and has annoying accents in its spelling.
English is far more useful -
the internet is built mostly on English.

Small minority languages are a complete waste of time and effort.

Not when the speakers wish to piss off eavesdroppers.

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