SIBU: Formal education, migration to urban areas and inter-marriages are among reasons tribal languages are going extinct, says an anthropology expert.
Unimas (University Malaysia Sarawak) anthropology professor Dr Poline Bala (pic) said this was further compounded by the fact that school-going children had to learn the national language or “global languages” in order to gain knowledge.
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