INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN THE CONTEMPORARY TIMES
In this article we address the issue of indigenous languages today. The 1988 Federal Constitution instituted a new paradigm in relation to indigenous peoples and their languages. The situation of coloniality that still persists has not prevented different peoples from promoting actions that value th...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC-GO) |
| Repository: | Habitus |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.seer.pucgoias.edu.br:article/13634 |
| Online Access: | https://seer.pucgoias.edu.br/index.php/habitus/article/view/13634 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Povos indígenas. Línguas Indígenas Cosmologias Epistemologias Pueblos indígenas Lenguas indigenas Cosmología Epistemología. Indigenous peoples Indigenous languages Cosmology Epistemology. |
| Summary: | In this article we address the issue of indigenous languages today. The 1988 Federal Constitution instituted a new paradigm in relation to indigenous peoples and their languages. The situation of coloniality that still persists has not prevented different peoples from promoting actions that value the original languages. Ethnosyntax (ENFIELD, 2002) supports reflection on the importance of indigenous languages, which codify the values and rules that organize different societies. For indigenous peoples, they constitute a valuable index of ethnic identity and the essential means that condenses cosmology and epistemology, which allows non-indigenous researchers an inexhaustible source of anthropological, ecological, historical, linguistic knowledge, among others. This knowledge can even save humanity, which is currently facing a socio-environmental catastrophe. |
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