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On the Morphosyntax of Indigenous Languages of the Americas [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of American Linguistics, 2017
Boas (1917) mentioned several phenomena found in the morphosyntax of Amerindian languages (including nominal incorporation and lexical affixation) that posed challenges to accepted views of synchronic and typological issues raised by genealogical relatedness and areal convergence on the continent, morpheme classes like roots, stems, and affixes in ...
Zúñiga, Fernando
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Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages and revitalization map

open access: yes, 2023
Dataset containing (5) GIS shapefiles which can be used to visualize a circumpolar overview map of geographical language speaker areas for Arctic Indigenous Peoples languages with additional attribute information about the languages. The language speaker
Arctic Indigenous languages and revitalization: an online educational resource
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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

open access: yesAfrican 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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Teaching Indigenous languages at universities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Very few universities in Australia offer courses in Indigenous languages. We discuss the three main types on offer: L1 courses aimed at first language speakers of an Indigenous language, L2 FL courses aimed at Indigenous and non-Indigenous people wanting
Simpson, Jane, Giacon, John
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L’Atlas linguistique sonore des langues indigènes du Brésil : un projet en cours

open access: yesGéolinguistique, 2015
This article provides an overview of indigenous languages of Brazil classified according to genetic criteria into linguistic families distributed on a geographical basis. The paper provides an idea of the state of vitality of languages, while emphasizing
Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral   +4 more
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Translation and Interpreting in the Indigenous Languages of Peru

open access: yes, 2021
This chapter presents an overview of translation and interpreting between Spanish and the estimated 48 indigenous languages spoken in 21st-century Peru.
Andrade Ciudad, Luis   +1 more
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Indigenous languages and the media in South Africa

open access: yesActa Academica, 2006
This article explores the status of South Africa’s indigenous languages and how they are being used in the media. More specifically, the performance of these languages in the print media, the broadcasting media and the Internet, is outlined.
Russell Kaschula
doaj   +3 more sources

Consequences and Remedies of Indigenous Language Loss in Canada

open access: yesSocieties, 2021
Many Indigenous languages in Canada are facing the threat of extinction. While some languages remain in good health, others have already been lost completely. Immediate action must be taken to prevent further language loss.
Masud Khawaja
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Current Status of the Indigenous Languages Education Program from the Ministry of Public Education

open access: yesRevista Electrónica Educare, 2014
All of the Costa Rican indigenous languages are in danger of being lost because their spheres of use continue to shrink over time and the intergenerational transmission is diminishing.
Karla Ramos Rivas
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The stuttering implementation of language policies in the South African education system

open access: yesInkanyiso, 2012
The current status of indigenous African languages in South Africa has caught the attention of language experts, academics and the general public. The main focus of this article is on the role which schools can play to promote and develop indigenous ...
Elliot M. Mncwango
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