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Gladwin, R. F. – Online Submission, 2004
Using oral survey methods, this study examined potential language maintenance or loss of Mayan languages among the Guatemalan-Maya communities of Southeast Florida. Among dislocated immigrants and their children, the language of the dominant socio-economic forces often displaces other languages (Fishman, 1967). A Guatemalan community in Los…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance, Maya (People), Immigrants