Translators’ Perspectives: The Construction of the Peruvian Indigenous Languages Act in Indigenous Languages [PDF]
Meta, 2018 An urgent need is emerging in contemporary Latin America for the translation of legal texts from the languages of former European colonial powers into the many indigenous languages spoken across the region. This article addresses the issue in relation to the rise of legislation that requires States to uphold the principle of linguistic human rights. It
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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
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Women from rural Guatemala who speak Mayan languages have reduced odds of diabetes, hypertension and obesity [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionIndigenous 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 +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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Nexus among indigenous languages, agricultural radio programmes and behavioural change towards agricultural practices in Nigeria [PDF]
HeliyonBabatunde Adeyeye +2 more
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Projected speaker numbers and dormancy risks of Canada’s Indigenous languages [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceMichael Boissonneault +1 more
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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 +2 more
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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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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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