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De Korne, Haley; López Gopar, Mario E.; Rios Rios, Kiara – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Indigenous languages of Mexico have largely been excluded from formal education spaces. This ethnographic action research study highlights a context where "Diidxazá"/ Isthmus Zapotec, an Indigenous language of Oaxaca, has recently begun to be taught in higher education. We examine the ways that administrators, the teacher, and students…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Language Minorities, Action Research, Ethnography
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Cru, Josep – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This paper looks at current grassroots efforts to revitalise Yucatec Maya, an indigenous language of Mexico, in social media and more specifically on Facebook. In contrast to the limitations of institutional language promotion, the inclusion of Maya on Facebook shows the possibilities that social networks offer not only for actual use of…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, American Indian Languages, Language Planning, Foreign Countries