Language Reclamation through Dictionary-Building Along the Brazil-Bolivia Border

Authors

Dr. Joshua Birchall

Files

Description

Join LAII for a discussion about language reclamation on the Brazil-Bolivia border led by Professor Birchall.

The Moré and Kuyubim communities each live on different sides of the Guaporé/Iténez River that forms a border between Brazil and Bolivia, and despite sharing a traditional language and having starkly different colonial histories, they are both shifting to the dominant languages of the countries they live in. This talk discusses how the production of a first dictionary of this language has helped support larger community efforts of language reclamation and cultural revival.

Joshua Birchall is an Assistant Professor in the UNM Linguistics Department. He is a specialist in Amazonian languages and linguistic typology. For the last 15 years, he has been working with a number of communities in the southwest Amazon to document and describe their languages.

Publication Date

Fall 11-13-2024

City

Albuquerque

Keywords

Brazil, Bolivia, Border

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | History | Latin American History

Recommended Citation

Birchall, Dr. Joshua. "Language Reclamation through Dictionary-Building Along the Brazil-Bolivia Border." (2024). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_events/413