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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Conseil supérieur de l'éducation du Québec · 11 October 2018 French
State and Needs of Education
mignt be useful to institute a course in Amerindian languages. A Catholic school which really means to …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 24 November 2012 English
A compelling look at tobacco’s uses and abuses from its Native origins to today’s controversies. When Europeans discovered tobacco among Amerindians in the New World, it became a long-sought panacea …
spirit world. Despite the differences in Amerindian languages and cultures, Native beliefs about tobacco …
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 2011 English
In the past decade, Jane Ash Poitras, a First Nations woman from northern Alberta, has emerged as one of the most important Canadian artists of her generation. Raised by a …
become a kind of death for trad- itional Amerindian languages in the increasing domination of colonial …
NSI: North-South Institute · 21 February 2006 English
That is not to say the benefits of the fraction of royalties exceed the negative impacts, but is a step in the right direction. [...] The overlaps between the concession …
guage of Guyana. Georgetown, Guyana, UG, Amerindian Languages Project 167. Barral, B. M. de. 1979. Diccionário …
DDN: Dundurn Press · 28 May 2004 English
John J. Honigmann was an anthropologist of rare energy and talent. In addition to writing numerous books and dozens of articles, he is the only anthropologist whose research and field …
new Anthropology Division. A specialist in Amerindian languages, he also conducted extensive fieldwork, …
OSSTF/FEESO: Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation · 14 August 2003 English
Additionally, the comprehensive na- ture of the support materials and the objectivity is meant to increase knowledge of international- development and cooperation issues, and help teachers deliver related resources and …
Languages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (more than 20 Amerindian languages, in- cluding Quiche, …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 6 December 2001 English
Aboriginal People and Other Canadians discusses a wide variety of issues in Native studies including social exclusion, marginalization and identity; justice, equality and gender; self-help and empowerment in Aboriginal communities …
introduction of 17th century liturgical chant in amerindian languages, reminiscent of the film The Mission (033 …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 1 January 1988 English
This volume discusses the autobiographical inclination in Canadian literature, exploring works by such writers as Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Michael Ondaatje, John Glassco, and Susanna Moodie. Others works, including the …
Patedechouan (or Pierre- Antoine) to start learning Amerindian languages. Setting off on foot from Paris and then … was their inability to master the various Amerindian languages. So Sagard talks directly about his flair …
