Article: Language Revitalization

Created: Jan 05, 2007
Updated: Jan 14, 2008

All Areas of Focus » Cultural Heritage »

Language Revitalization

Language revitalization is the revival of a language that is no longer learned or is endangered as fewer people use and pass on the language to younger generations.

Tags/Keywords
cultural systems, language documentation, language revitalization, language revival, language policy, native speakers, linguicide, death of a language, intangible cultural heritage, language diversity, language promotion, language as an instrument of education and culture, language endangerment, indigenous languages, dialect, ethnobiology

FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS

Tibetan Language Institute

FEATURED RESOURCES

Report: Language Diversity in Multicultural Europe Comparative Perspectives on Immigrant Minority Languages at Home and at School

Inadequate Protection of Chinese Minorities' Cultural Identities Integrationist policies, implemented alongside minorities' political and economic exclusion, have the practical effect of assimilating minorities into the dominant Han Chinese culture. Accompanied by systematic violations of minorities' civil and political rights, these policies make protection of cultural identity increasingly difficult.