Article: Keeping our languages alive: strategies for Indigenous language revitalization and maintenance
This article describes the current state of Indigenous languages in Canada and offers suggestions to help preserve language in the future.
Key concepts/questions covered in the article are as follows:
- Why is it Important to Ensure the Survival of Indigenous Languages?
- What are Indigenous Communities Doing to Revive and Continue Their Languages? (Subcategories: Documentation and preservation; Curriculum and resource development; Language engineering, among others)
- What Methods are Working Well?
- What Stands in the Way of Indigenous People Being Successful in Reviving and Continuing their Languages?
- Future Directions: What Must Be Done in Order for Indigenous Communities to Successfully Revive and Continue Their Languages?
The authors provide a fairly thorough literature review so it might be useful to anyone interested in language preservation and/or the state of Indigenous language(s) in Canada.
Link: https://books.google.ca/books?id=iGNaDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA72&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false
McIvor, O., & Anisman, A. (2018). Keeping our languages alive: strategies for Indigenous language revitalization and maintenance. In Watanabe, Y. (Ed), Handbook of Cultural Security (pp. 90–109). Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved from https://books.google.ca/books?id=iGNaDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA72&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false