SIL International Media Release
Revitalization of endangered languages in Peruvian Amazon
(May 2008) In recognition of the UN-designated International Year of Languages (IYL), a linguistic seminar series is being conducted in Lima, Peru. The series is titled: The revitalization of native languages in the International Year of Languages. It is sponsored by the Curso Internacional de Lingüística, Traducción y Alfabetización* (CILTA), a cooperative program of SIL Peru and the Ricardo Palma University.
Lecture Schedule for 2008
- 6 May: El Maya-Mam en la encrucijada: La lengua propia como orgullo o vergüenza, by Dr. Wes Collins, CILTA professor and SIL
- 13 May: Diagnóstico sociolingüístico en el Gran Pajonal: El futuro de la EIB en la Amazonía Peruana, by Lic. Maggie Romani, Peruvian CILTA professor
- 22 May: Presencia del Runasimi en los medios de comunicación de la ciudad del Cusco, by Dr. Mario Mejía Huamán, Ricardo Palma University and native Quechua speaker
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June (dates to be determined):
- El desarrollo de una ortografía para el Chinanteco de Sochiapam: factores lingüísticos y resultados sociolingüísticos, by Dr. David Foris, CILTA professor and SIL
- El ascenso del Totonaco, un idioma de México, by Sr. Mario Cano, CILTA student and native Totonac speaker
- Video, Entre dos mundos, followed by panel discussion led by Carolina Suárez, CILTA teaching assistant, Colombia
- Further lectures to be scheduled for September, October and November.
CILTA offers an annual two-semester program that is designed to provide cross-cultural instruction in Spanish for those involved in language-based development. The course is currently in its sixth year at the Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru. Previous students have come from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.
*International Course in Linguistics, Translation and Literacy
Related links of interest
- Spanish-taught CILTA course
- SIL media release for CILTA course, December 2007 [English] [Español]
- SIL Peru [English]; also known as ILV Peru (Instituto Lingüístico de Verano) [Español]
- International Year of Languages
- SIL training
- Universidad de Ricardo Palma