Indigenous language 3993568 221187604 2008-06-23T12:40:08Z Dbachmann 86857 An '''indigenous language''' or '''autochthonous language''' is a [[language]] that is [[native language|native]] to a region and spoken by [[indigenous peoples]] but has been reduced to the status of a [[minority language]]. This language would be from a linguistically distinct [[community]] that has been settled in the area for many generations. Indigenous languages may not be [[national language]]s, or may have fallen out of use, because of [[language death]]s or [[linguicide]] caused by [[colonization]], where the original language is replaced by that of the colonists. ==See also== *[[Minority language]] *[[Linguistic imperialism]] ==External links== * [http://www.chakana.nl Chakana: NGO & knowledge centre about Indians of the highlands] (including language studies) * [http://www.nciv.net Dutch Centre for Indigenous Peoples] *[http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/ Alaska Native Language Center (ANLC)] *[http://www.ilinative.org/ Indigenous Language Institute] *[http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm Aboriginal Languages of Australia] *[http://www.ssila.org/ The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA)] *[http://linguistlist.org/emeld/ Electronic Metastructure for Endangered Languages Data (EMELD)] *[http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/elementaryed/CILLDI.cfm Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI)] == References == * Frawley, William, and Kenneth C. Hill. (2002) Making dictionaries : preserving indigenous languages of the Americas. Berkeley : University of California Press. * Harrison, K. David. (2007) When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge. New York and London: Oxford University Press. * Singerman, Robert. (1996) Indigenous languages of the Americas: A bibliography of dissertations and theses. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press * Wurm, S. A. and Ian Heyward, (Eds.) 2001. Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing. Paris: UNESCO Pub. {{ling-stub}} [[Category:Indigenous peoples]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:Linguistic rights]] [[Category:Linguistic minorities]]