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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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Findings of the AmericasNLP 2021 Shared Task on Open Machine Translation for Indigenous Languages of the Americas

AMERICASNLP, 2021
This paper presents the results of the 2021 Shared Task on Open Machine Translation for Indigenous Languages of the Americas. The shared task featured two independent tracks, and participants submitted machine translation systems for up to 10 indigenous ...
Manuel Mager, Arturo Oncevay, Abteen Ebrahimi, John E. Ortega, Annette Rios Gonzales, Angela Fan, Ximena Gutierrez-Vasques, Luis Chiruzzo, G. Giménez-Lugo, Ricardo Ramos, Ivan Vladimir Meza Ruiz, Rolando Coto-Solano, Alexis Palmer, Elisabeth Mager-Hois, Vishrav Chaudhary, Graham Neubig, Ngoc Thang Vu, Katharina Kann   +17 more
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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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Is English becoming a threat to the existence of indigenous languages in institutions of higher learning in South Africa?

De Jure, 2021
This article provides a critique of the judgment of the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Gelyke Kanse v Chairperson of the Senate of the University of Stellenbosch1 with specific reference to the concept of transformative constitutionalism and the
Anzanilufuno Munyai, Moses Retselisitsoe Phooko   +1 more
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The Role of Nigerian Indigenous Languages in Covid-19 Discourse

Journal of Language and Health, 2021
Nigerian Indigenous languages are quintessential to the modus operandi of communication in Nigeria. The indigenous languages are dominated by English language which is a lingua franca in Nigeria.
K. Obiorah
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Automatic Speech Recognition Advancements for Indigenous Languages of the Americas [PDF]

Applied Sciences
Indigenous languages are a fundamental legacy in the development of human communication, embodying the unique identity and culture of local communities in America.
Mónica Romero, Sandra Gómez-Canaval, I. G. Torre   +2 more
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L’Atlas linguistique sonore des langues indigènes du Brésil : un projet en cours

Géolinguistique, 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, Abdelhak Razky, Ariel Pheula do Couto e Silva, Jorge Domingues Lopes, Tabita Fernandes da Silva   +4 more
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Indigenous languages and the media in South Africa

Acta 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
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