Although Quechua is spoken by eight to twelve million people across six South American
countries, by most measures, Quechua is an endangered language. This article provides an …

Many languages in today's world are endangered. One of these languages is Quechua,
which has received considerable attention in recent decades from linguists, language …

Der vorliegende Sammelband dokumentiert die Beiträge einer interdisziplinären Tagung
von Sprach-und GeschichtswissenschaftlerInnen zum Thema Koloniallinguistik. Dass …

Abstract Since the United Nations included literacy in its Millennium Development Goals, the
importance of literacy has secured its place in the collective consciousness as a central …

During the second half of the 19th century, extended regions of the South Pacific came to be
part of the German colonial empire. The colonial administration included repeated and …

The use of Indigenous languages of Americas in health services is a subject of concern both
for the speakers of these languages, many of whom are deprived of adequate health care …

This dissertation compares Peruvian bilinguals' attitudes towards speakers of Quechua and
speakers of Spanish using the Matched Guise Technique. Consistent with prior research on …

This study offers an on-the-ground perspective on the multi-layered process of the
Ashéninka and Asháninka state-initiated standardization reform, with the Upper Perené …

As a major part of sociolinguistics, language planning has become a major research topic
for many scholars. As a branch of Applied Linguistics, language planning is not a theoretical …

Individuals who grow up speaking an indigenous language in Peru, have historically
struggled between maintaining their native mother tongue as a means of constructing their …