Endangered Languages, Knowledge Systems and Belief Systems.
Title:
Endangered Languages, Knowledge Systems and Belief Systems.
Author:
Hirsh, David.
ISBN:
9783035105032
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (169 pages)
Series:
Linguistic Insights ; v.163
Linguistic Insights
Contents:
Cover -- Contents 5 -- 1. Introduction 9 -- 1.1. Endangered languages 9 -- 1.2. Language and culture 10 -- 1.3. Knowledge systems 11 -- 1.4. Belief systems 13 -- 1.5. Language policy 14 -- 1.6. Identity 15 -- 2. Language situation 17 -- 2.1. Scales of language vitality 20 -- 2.2. Language situation in Africa 23 -- 2.2.1. Endangered languages of Nigeria 24 -- 2.2.2. Endangered languages of Cameroon 25 -- 2.2.3. Endangered languages of Democratic Republic of the Congo 26 -- 2.3. Language situation in the Americas 27 -- 2.3.1. Endangered languages of Mexico 29 -- 2.3.2. Endangered languages of Brazil 30 -- 2.3.3. Endangered languages of the United States of America 32 -- 2.4. Language situation in Asia 35 -- 2.4.1. Endangered languages of Indonesia 36 -- 2.4.2. Endangered languages of India 37 -- 2.4.3. Endangered languages of China 37 -- 2.5. Language situation in Europe 39 -- 2.5.1. Endangered languages of the Russian Federation 40 -- 2.5.2. Endangered languages of Italy 42 -- 2.5.3. Endangered languages of Germany 42 -- 2.6. Language situation in the Pacific 43 -- 2.6.1. Endangered languages of Papua New Guinea 44 -- 2.6.2. Endangered languages of Australia 45 -- 2.6.3. Endangered languages of Vanuatu 47 -- 2.7. Summary 48 -- 3. Endangered languages 51 -- 3.1. Sign languages of North America 52 -- 3.2. Languages of Alaska 53 -- 3.3. Languages of South America 54 -- 3.4. Languages of Thailand 55 -- 3.5. Languages of Australia 56 -- 3.6. Languages of Papua New Guinea 57 -- 3.7. Languages of Vanuatu 59 -- 3.8. Languages of Russia 60 -- 3.9. Languages of the Cameroon-Nigeria borderland 60 -- 3.9.1. The Wawa 61 -- 3.9.2. The Kwanja 61 -- 3.9.3. Response to threats 62 -- 3.10. Languages of Brunei 63 -- 3.10.1. Iban 63 -- 3.10.2. Lun Bawang 63 -- 3.10.3. Response to threats 63 -- 3.11. Toda language of Southern India 64 -- 3.12. Summary 66.
4. Language policy 67 -- 4.1. Suppression of indigenous languages 68 -- 4.1.1. American indigenous languages 68 -- 4.1.2. Maori 69 -- 4.2. International and regional declarations 70 -- 4.2.1. European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 70 -- 4.2.2. The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights 70 -- 4.2.3. UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity 71 -- 4.2.4. First Indigenous Women Summit of the Americas 71 -- 4.2.5. United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 72 -- 4.3. State language policy 72 -- 4.3.1. India 74 -- 4.3.2. Indonesia 75 -- 4.3.3. East Timor 76 -- 4.3.4. United States 76 -- 4.3.5. Australia 76 -- 4.3.6. New Zealand 77 -- 4.3.7. South Africa 78 -- 4.3.8. Thailand 79 -- 4.4. Summary 79 -- 5. Language revitalization 81 -- 5.1. Saving languages 81 -- 5.2. Threats to language revitalization 83 -- 5.3. Bilingualism and multilingualism 84 -- 5.4. Revival of indigenous languages 87 -- 5.4.1. Hawaiian 87 -- 5.4.2. Te Reo Maori 88 -- 5.4.3. Languages of Thailand 90 -- 5.4.4. The Iquito dictionary project, Peruvian Amazonia 94 -- 5.4.5. Maintenance of Yi in Yunnan, China 95 -- 5.4.6. Revitalization of Quechua in Ecuador 96 -- 5.4.7. Language revitalization in Australia 97 -- 5.4.8. Welsh 98 -- 5.4.9. California master-apprentice program 98 -- 5.5. The future for language revitalization 99 -- 6. Knowledge systems 101 -- 6.1. Humans and their environment 103 -- 6.1.1. Forest conservation 103 -- 6.1.2. Animal conservation 105 -- 6.2. Health and medicinal knowledge 105 -- 6.3. Terminology 108 -- 6.4. Summary 110 -- 7. Belief systems 111 -- 7.1. Relationship with the land 113 -- 7.2. Spiritual beliefs 114 -- 7.3. Traditional health beliefs 116 -- 7.4. Summary 118 -- 8. Preserving cultural identity 119 -- 8.1. Cultural identity 119 -- 8.2. Indigenous education 121 -- 8.3. Summary 122 -- 9. Conclusion 123.
References 129 -- Index 141 -- Index of languages 145.
Abstract:
Many of the world's 7000 documented language groups are endangered due to falling rates of language and culture transmission from one generation to the next. Some endangered language groups have been the focus of efforts to reverse patterns of linguistic and cultural loss, with variable success. This book presents case studies of endangered language groups from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Pacific (including Bisu, Iban, Iquito, Quechua, Wawa, Yi and sign languages) and of their associated knowledge and belief systems, to highlight the importance of preserving linguistic and cultural diversity. Issues of identity and pride emerge within the book, alongside discussion of language and culture policy.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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