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| Title | Editorial: The Economic Value of Indigenous Languages |
| Body | From http://www.ngopulse.org/article/economic-value-indigenous-languages The Economic Value of Indigenous Languages Christo van der Rheede September 2, 2009 South Africa is a multi-lingual country with 11 official languages. After decades of colonial and apartheid rule and the complete disregard of our indigenous languages, its instrumental role in terms of cultural, educational and economic empowerment and more importantly its role in nation building, is finally acknowledged. A very specific constitutional obligation is placed on all spheres of government to create an enabling environment for all of these official languages to fulfill their rightful roles to spearhead community development, bring about modernization and assist in overcoming the prejudices and injustices of the past. The fulfillment of these expectations after 15 years into our democracy remains still unaccomplished. In fact we have reached a critical stage where we need to thoroughly assess the contribution of the language policy and institutional framework in fulfilling these expectations. Read the full editorial at http://www.ngopulse.org/article/economic-value-indigenous-languages |
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