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Women from rural Guatemala who speak Mayan languages have reduced odds of diabetes, hypertension and obesity [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionIndigenous languages are integral to the individual and collective identity of humankind. Health benefits of speaking Indigenous languages have been demonstrated but may also be masked by various forms of linguistic and ethnic discrimination.
Stephen Alajajian, Anahí Venzor Strader, Anahí Venzor Strader, Yolanda Juarez Martin, Caitlin Scott, Peter Rohloff, Peter Rohloff   +6 more
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Indigenous languages and global health [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
David Flood, Peter Rohloff
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The Representation of Indigenous Languages of Oceania in Academic Publications

Publications, 2021
Of the estimated 7117 languages in the world, approximately 1500 (21%) are indigenous to the Pacific. Despite composing approximately one-fourth of the world’s linguistic diversity, the representation of these languages in academic publication is scant ...
Eve Koller, Malayah Thompson
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Indigenous Literatures at the Crossroads of Languages: Approaches and Avenues

Alternative Francophone, 2023
This article examines critical discourses and approaches for the study of Indigenous literatures across languages. On the one hand, it investigates how the French-English divide is challenged by Indigenous authors and how it has been and can be further ...
Malou Brouwer
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INTERNATIONAL DECADE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN THE CONTEXT OF ETHNOPOLITICAL PROCESSES

Современная наука и инновации, 2022
Globalization and the emerging information society contribute to the perturbation of societies on a planetary scale, changing the habits and traditions of peoples and ethnic groups.
A. A. Vartumyan, A. V. Mankieva, M. G. Pavlova   +2 more
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Indigenous Language Revitalization

, 2023
Countless Indigenous languages around the world are the focus of innovative community regeneration efforts, as the legacies of colonialism have created conditions of extreme sociopolitical, educational, and economic adversity for the speakers of these languages—and their descendants. In response to these conditions that Indigenous people face globally,
Guerrettaz, Anne Marie, Engman, Mel
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Formation and development of international standards in the field of linguistic rights of indigenous peoples: historical and legal aspects

Финно-угорский мир, 2020
Introduction. The main objective of this article is to study the historical and legal aspects of the formation and development of international standards in the field of linguistic rights of indigenous peoples.
Vasily N. Nemechkin
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Actions of three indigenous women from Pataxó, Kokama and Kaingang ethnicities in the international decade of indigenous languages

Revista Linguística, 2023
This article discusses how three Brazilian indigenous women from Pataxó, Kaingang and Kokama ethnicities are thinking and acting in the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, declared by UNESCO to be celebrated between the years 2022 to 2032 ...
Edilson Orlando Palmieri, Ananda Machado
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Sign language research in Ghana: An overview of indigenous and foreign-based sign languages

Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2021
The recognition of sign language as a full-fledged human language with linguistics description has led to several research works in both theoretical and applied linguistics considering different aspects.
Mary Edward, George Akanlig-Pare
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The Ramifications of the Neglect of Indigenous South African Languages by the South African Government: COVID-19 as a Case Study

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies, 2023
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 towards the end of 2019 and its proliferation across the globe, the lives of many populations have been disrupted, causing intense turbulence in social, economic and political dimensions.
Mlamli Diko
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