Asian languages are dying in Australian schools. Here are the big ideas to save them
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-06-30 16:17 UTC+10:00
Section: National
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Education, Australia, China
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Two Australian universities offer Hindi language courses. Seventeen Australians finished honour-level Chinese-language studies in the five years to 2021. Only 500 of Australia’s 1 million domestic university students are studying Indonesian. Priority Asian languages – Mandarin, Indonesian, Japanese and Hindi – are studied by 3.3 per cent of year 12 students.
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