Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of an Indigenous person who has died. "Speaking language from your ancestors is a privilege and a strong connection to your ancestors," Maureen said. Language loss and language strength Colonisation had taken what Maureen calls the "privilege" of speaking language away from many Indigenous Australians. …
'I can't say my own name': The pain of language loss in families Carolin Windel Mithu Sanyal tried to reclaim her father's language, Bengali, as an adult Mithu Sanyal never learned her father's native language, Bengali, as a child. "I discovered how often it happens that bilingually raised children don't speak two languages," explains De Houwer, who is also the …
