This course is about indigenous languages of Central America, focusing on Mayan languages and culture. Students will be introduced to current movements in the maintenance and revitalization of indigenous languages and current strategies for empowering indigenous people (such as training indigenous linguists, music production in indigenous languages, and intercultural bilingual education). Students will also study grammatical features of indigenous languages through the analysis of small data sets, and discuss the Not offered every year.
This course is about indigenous languages of Central America, focusing on Mayan languages and culture. Students will be introduced to current movements in the maintenance and revitalization of indigenous languages and current strategies for empowering indigenous people (such as training indigenous linguists, music production in indigenous languages, and intercultural bilingual education). Students will also study grammatical features of indigenous languages through the analysis of small data sets, and discuss the Not offered every year.
