Keystrokes to preserve indigenous languages.

Notes that the languages of native people have gradually become deformed and mutilated as a result of cultural pressures from the ruling society, and applauds the ingenuity of some native cultures who use computers and electronic printers to record texts produced by native people in their own langua...

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Publicado en:Americas Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 52 - 54
Autores principales: Mardorf, J.M., Daniels, W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Organization of American States Jan1992
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Sumario:Notes that the languages of native people have gradually become deformed and mutilated as a result of cultural pressures from the ruling society, and applauds the ingenuity of some native cultures who use computers and electronic printers to record texts produced by native people in their own languages. The absence of writing and the deformation of language; The constant impoverishment that affects the lexical and semantic foundations of native language; Details.