Socio-historical-political aspects and the danger of extinction of indigenous languages

This text is dedicated to the review of the conference Línguas indígenas, línguas ameaçadas given by Professor José Ribamar Bessa Freire, at the event Abralin ao Vivo –Linguists Online. At the conference, a socio-historical panorama of indigenous languages in Brazil is outlined, in addition to the p...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Santana, Jan Carlos, Santos, Aline da Silva
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Repositorio:Revista da ABRALIN (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revista.abralin.org:article/1572
Acesso em linha:https://revista.abralin.org/index.php/abralin/article/view/1572
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Línguas indígenas
Glotopolíticas
História da língua
Indigenous languages
Glotopolitical
Language history
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Resumo:This text is dedicated to the review of the conference Línguas indígenas, línguas ameaçadas given by Professor José Ribamar Bessa Freire, at the event Abralin ao Vivo –Linguists Online. At the conference, a socio-historical panorama of indigenous languages in Brazil is outlined, in addition to the professor clarifies how linguistic policies interfered in the process of disappearance and hegemony of the Portuguese language. The lecturer, in a warning tone, talks about the deaths of indigenous peoples that occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic, which constitutes a new threat to indigenous languages, and reflects on strategies for preserving these languages.