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Maurais, Jacques, Ed. – 1996
This book provides an overview of the history, present circumstances, and future prospects of the native languages of Quebec: Abenaki, Algonquin, Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, Micmac, Mohawk, Montagnais, and Naskapi. Chapter 1, "The Situation of Aboriginal Languages in the Americas" (Jacques Maurais), discusses the linguistic demography of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Canada Natives, Descriptive Linguistics
Gieser, C. Richard, Comp. – 1987
A collection of 23 brief texts in Guinaang Kalinga (called Guininaang by native speakers), gathered in the Guinaang region of the Philippines, are presented with ethnographic and linguistic notes and translations. The texts address topics of common cultural patterns, history, and storytelling. An introductory section describes the sources and…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
Forster, Jannette, Comp.; Barnard, Myra Lou, Comp. – 1987
Eleven texts in Diababawon are presented. Diababawon is a Manobo language of the Indonesian branch of the Malayo-Polynesian family and spoken primarily in the province of Davao del Norte, Mindanao, Philippines. An introductory section describes some aspects of the language's phonology. The texts, which include stories and descriptions of common…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
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Reports on three surveys of Australian Aboriginal language use, undertaken to determine the language groups' needs for translation and literacy projects, are presented. "Communicability of Some Western Desert Communilects" by K. C. Hansen evaluates mutual intelligibility between languages and dialects in that region, and addresses the complicating…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Bilingualism, Community Surveys, Creoles
Barkin, Florence, Ed.; And Others – 1982
Spanish, English, and American Indian languages in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico and bilingualism and language contact in the region are addressed in a collection of articles. Approaches to research in the languages of this region are discussed in articles by Valdes, Lope Blanch, and Brandt. Cultural and sociolinguistic…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingualism, College Second Language Programs
