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Week 9: Indigenous Language Revitalization - Coggle Diagram
Week 9: Indigenous Language Revitalization
Indigenous Languages in Canada
Language Names:
Endonyms.
Community refers to their language.
Exonyms.
Outsiders refer to a community's language.
Polysynthetic
Lots of morphemes in a single word.
Most Canadian indigenous languages = polysynthetic.
Language Vitality
Intergenerational transmission of indigenous languages = disrupted by residential schools.
Language vitality = language health & strength.
Cannot simply be measured by number of first language speakers.
Number of learners, learning opportunities, language community use & presence = language vitality variables.
Language vitality = indigenous communities are working hard to revitalize languages.
Why language revitalizaiton is important
Language revitalization = reversal of language decline, returning a language to a vital state.
Why indigenous peoples want their languages to thrive:
inherant connection to identity.
Protective health & wellness factor:
Higher language vitality = lower rates of youth suicide, substance abuse, & diabetes.
Medicinal plant knowledge = language accessible only.
language diversity = correlated with biodiversity.
What language revitalization looks like
3 key ingredients to language revitalization: Learn, Use, Value
Use
Language documentation
Creative comprehensive records of all language aspects = crucial to revitalizaiton.
Encourages everyday use of indigenous languages.
Learn
Language nests
Immerse indigenous preschoolers in their native languages.
Based on Critical Age Hypothesis: young children acquire languages more easily & readily than older children & adults.
Value
Building awareness about the value of First Nations languages = key aspect to language revitalization.