Amerindian Languages
Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska, Nunavut, and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses that constitute the Americas. These indigenous languages consist of dozens of distinct language families, as well as many language isolates and unclassified languages. Many proposals to group these into higher-level families have been made, such as Joseph Greenberg's Amerind hypothesis. This scheme is rejected by nearly all specialists, due to the fact that some of the languages differ too significantly to draw any connections between them.According to UNESCO, most of the indigenous American languages …
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Colegio de Mexico · 2022 Spanish
of indigenismos, or words borrowed from Amerindian languages, into the varieties of the Spanish spoken …
EIGE: European Institute for Gender Equality · 30 November 2021 English
Writing English at the European Commission
Brasil) Official language: Portuguese (many Amerindian languages and a few European languages are also spoken …
IWGIA: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 20 May 2021 English
In this case, the main danger came from the colonization that the State was promoting in the area with the 13 THE BOOK AND THE MEMORIES stated objective of consolidating …
the establishment of a Master’s degree in Amerindian Languages. Also important was the creation of the …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 14 January 2021 English
With an area of nearly 8.5 million km2 and a population of around 212 million (approximately twice the size of the EU with half the population), Brazil is Latin America's …
taught in schools, and a large number of Amerindian languages are spoken by the indigenous peoples. Other …
CAAAP: Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica · 2021 Spanish
"Proto Tucanoan", En: Comparative Studies in Amerindian Languages, Esther Matteson ed., The Ha- gue: Mouton …
Colegio de Mexico · 2021 Spanish
lenguas de México On the philogeny of Mexican Amerindian languages Luis Fernando Lara El Colegio de México … Greenberg’s theory on the phylogen- esis of Amerindian languages (especially Mexican languages) as related … History; methods; Spanish phylogenetic; Amerindian languages Resumen Este artículo es una revisión crítica …
GFMD: Global Forum on Migration and Development · 19 January 2020 English
For the first time in the history of the GFMD, all GFMD stakeholders – Governments, international organizations, civil society, business and local authorities – will meet in the same venue …
by a majority of the population, though Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and …
CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity · 13 November 2019 English
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radio slots. Materials were prepared in 4 Amerindian languages (Akawaio, Patamuna, Macushi and Wapishana) … Communication materials were prepared in 4 Amerindian languages (Akawaio, Patamuna, Macushi and Wapishana) …
IWGIA: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs · 8 April 2019 English
Concrete outcomes of indigenous peoples’ struggle to gain recognition as subjects of international law have been the adoption of the UNDRIP (2007), the establishment of in- stitutional mechanisms within the …
given their right- ful place. They teach Amerindian languages (kali’na, wayana, teko, wayãpi, parikwaki) …
UN: The United Nations · 13 February 2019 French
Analyse du contexte international des noms géographiques autochtones et des langues minoritaires. [...] La reconnaissance et une meilleure compréhension des toponymes traditionnels concourent à la préservation, à la revitalisation et …
