Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas

<p>Focusing on the Americas – home to 40 to 50 million Indigenous people – this book explores the history and current state of Indigenous language revitalization across this vast region. Complementary chapters on the USA and Canada and Latin America and the Caribbean offer a panoramic view while tracing nuanced trajectories of top down (official) and bottom up (grass roots) language planning and policy initiatives. Authored by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars the book is organized around seven overarching themes: Policy and Politics; Processes of Language Shift and Revitalization; The Home-School-Community Interface; Local and Global Perspectives; Linguistic Human Rights; Revitalization Programs and Impacts; New Domains for Indigenous Languages</p><p>Providing a comprehensive hemisphere-wide scholarly and practical source this singular collection simultaneously fills a gap in the language revitalization literature and contributes to Indigenous language revitalization efforts. </p>