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To mark last week's launch of the Scottish parliament's five-year Gaelic language plan, Holyrood has held two days of activities to promote and celebrate Scottish Gaelic.
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'Like linguistic wallpaper', is how Sian Prior once thought of the category of expressions called platitudes; until she found good reason to use those trite, but true, terms herself. Read Transcript
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Despite Australian Indigenous languages being among the most endangered in the world, their use in education facilities is becoming evermore restricted, with the focus instead on schools providing better English-language skills to Indigenous students. Read Transcript
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Collins, the dictionary publishers, have a project underway to see whether 24 obsolete words can be brought back into popular usage. See the list here. Read Transcript
Saturday 3.45pm
repeated Thursday 3.45pm
Presented by
Maria Zijlstra
See Collins' endangered word list and tell us what you think.
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1.30am AEDT
Saturday Extra
with Geraldine Doogue
Analysis of the week's events, with a special focus on business and foreign affairs
