Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico

Scales or measurements of vitality propose various factors to assess the degree of endangerment of a language. Using these measurements offers important insights into the maintenance of a language and identifies the areas in need of support. The current study employed seven scales to assess the vita...

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Autores principales:	Gomashie Grace A., Terborg Roland
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	language vitality nahuatl scales of vitality language endangerment speaker population intergenerational language transmission Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fbd73de89ed742fdbb4988430c8e65402021-12-05T14:11:00ZNahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico2300-996910.1515/opli-2021-0010https://doaj.org/article/fbd73de89ed742fdbb4988430c8e65402021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2021-0010https://doaj.org/toc/2300-9969Scales or measurements of vitality propose various factors to assess the degree of endangerment of a language. Using these measurements offers important insights into the maintenance of a language and identifies the areas in need of support. The current study employed seven scales to assess the vitality of Nahuatl in the language community of Puebla, Mexico. Data on the selected vitality indicators, absolute speaker population, and intergenerational language transmission were collected through questionnaires on linguistic knowledge and home language use. Results showed that five out of the seven scales characterized Nahuatl as not at an immediate risk of endangerment as it had speakers in all age groups and was spoken at home by them. However, there was need for more emphasis on transmitting Nahuatl to the younger generations who made up the majority of the non-Nahuatl speaker population and were more likely to use Spanish than Nahuatl. The approach taken by this study will be of value when assessing other communities facing language endangerment and seeking language maintenance and revitalization.Gomashie Grace A.Terborg RolandDe Gruyterarticlelanguage vitalitynahuatlscales of vitalitylanguage endangermentspeaker populationintergenerational language transmissionPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENOpen Linguistics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 166-180 (2021)
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spellingShingle	language vitality nahuatl scales of vitality language endangerment speaker population intergenerational language transmission Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Gomashie Grace A. Terborg Roland Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico
description	Scales or measurements of vitality propose various factors to assess the degree of endangerment of a language. Using these measurements offers important insights into the maintenance of a language and identifies the areas in need of support. The current study employed seven scales to assess the vitality of Nahuatl in the language community of Puebla, Mexico. Data on the selected vitality indicators, absolute speaker population, and intergenerational language transmission were collected through questionnaires on linguistic knowledge and home language use. Results showed that five out of the seven scales characterized Nahuatl as not at an immediate risk of endangerment as it had speakers in all age groups and was spoken at home by them. However, there was need for more emphasis on transmitting Nahuatl to the younger generations who made up the majority of the non-Nahuatl speaker population and were more likely to use Spanish than Nahuatl. The approach taken by this study will be of value when assessing other communities facing language endangerment and seeking language maintenance and revitalization.
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title	Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico
title_short	Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico
title_full	Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico
title_fullStr	Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico
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Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico

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