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Skilton, Amalia – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2021
Ticuna (ISO: tca) is a language isolate spoken in the northwestern Amazon Basin (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Ticuna has more speakers than almost all other Indigenous Amazonian languages and -- unlike most languages of the area -- is still learned by children. Yet academic linguists have given it relatively little research attention. Therefore, to…
Descriptors: Language Research, American Indian Languages, Archives, Ethics
Kvietok Duenas, Frances Julia – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Quechua language education and research has long been relegated to rural areas and elementary schools of the Andes. Nonetheless, current language policy in the southern Peruvian region of Cusco has opened new opportunities for Quechua, a minoritized Indigenous language, to be taught in cities and towns and in high schools. In this sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Sociolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Spanish
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Galla, Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2016
Within the last two decades, there has been increased interest in how technology supports Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation efforts. This paper considers the effect technology has on Indigenous language learning and teaching, while conceptualizing how language educators, speakers, learners, and technology users holistically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Maintenance, Computer Mediated Communication