Miriwoong is a language that has been spoken in Australia for tens of thousands of years but now only a handful of people speak it fluently.

And hundreds of kids in Kununurra in Western Australia are learning Miriwoong to help preserve the language and make sure it doesn’t disappear forever.

Watch the video above to get the fascinating story behind this rare language and the fight to keep it alive.

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