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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/473d751f-13b5-4b22-a997-4bb08ece0f79_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Saving a Critically Endangered Language in Australia' data-article-id='3240'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9500'>People in Australia are leading efforts to save a critically endangered language.</span> <span data-start-time='9500' data-end-time='18813'>At one time, an estimated 300 indigenous languages were spoken on the continent.</span> <span data-start-time='18813' data-end-time='23542'>Only about 90 are still spoken today.</span> <span data-start-time='23542' data-end-time='32042'>Language is a central part of the culture of Australia&rsquo;s indigenous peoples, called Aborigines.</span> <span data-start-time='32042' data-end-time='40667'>Language helps Aboriginal communities understand their tribal roots, history and customs.</span> <span data-start-time='40667' data-end-time='45438'>It also gives them a strong sense of identity.</span> <span data-start-time='45438' data-end-time='52125'>European settlers arrived in Australia in the late 1700s.</span> <span data-start-time='52125' data-end-time='59125'>Experts say that colonization had a harmful effect on indigenous languages.</span> <span data-start-time='59125' data-end-time='68313'>Now, only about 60 of those languages are considered alive and in daily use.</span> <span data-start-time='68313' data-end-time='75771'>As older members of tribes die, other languages are likely to pass away.</span> <span data-start-time='75771' data-end-time='87854'>In the central Australian desert near Alice Springs, only 20 people are fluent in Pertame, a language native to the area.</span> <span data-start-time='87854' data-end-time='95125'>But now, children are being taught its ancient words in hopes that it will not die out.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/E4358849-4B72-4A76-BCE1-3ED1C80293BC_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11140 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/what_does_critically_mean.wav'>What does critically mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='relating to or involving a serious condition'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/feeling_sick.wav'><span>feeling sick</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/driving_fast.wav'><span>driving fast</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/relating_to_or_involving_a_serious_condition.wav'><span>relating to or involving a serious condition</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/adopting_a_child.wav'><span>adopting a child</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11141 data-hint-location='40667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/language_gives_aboriginal_communities_a_strong_sense_of_what.wav'>Language gives Aboriginal communities a strong sense of what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='identity'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/location.wav'><span>location</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/political_party.wav'><span>political party</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/identity.wav'><span>identity</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/hunger.wav'><span>hunger</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11142 data-hint-location='23542' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/_blank__is_a_central_part_of_the_culture_of_australias_indigenous_peoples.wav'><span class='blank'>language</span> is a central part of the culture of Australia's indigenous peoples.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='language'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/dancing.wav'><span>dancing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/driving.wav'><span>driving</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2682/food.wav'><span>food</span></div><div 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