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  2. Indigenous language - Wikipedia

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    An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigenous language and an official language of Bolivia .

  3. Indigenous languages of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Over a thousand known languages were spoken by various peoples in North and South America prior to their first contact with Europeans. These encounters occurred between the beginning of the 11th century (with the Nordic settlement of Greenland and failed efforts in Newfoundland and Labrador) and the end of the 15th century (the voyages of Christopher Columbus).

  4. Language is important in respecting Native American heritage ...

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    A dancer waits in the Hall of Governors before performing during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration at the Oklahoma state Capitol, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

  5. International Year of Indigenous Languages - Wikipedia

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    The International Year of Indigenous Languages was a United Nations observance in 2019 that aimed to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.

  6. Indigenous Language Institute - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve and pass on language traditions within indigenous groups located in North America. The organization was founded in 1992 as the Preservation of Original Languages of the Americas (IPOLA), and it has since worked closely with various indigenous peoples ...

  7. Indigenous education - Wikipedia

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    One form of a two-way language immersion model is the 50–50 model, in which students use English half of the class time and the target Native language the other half of the class time. The other model is a 90–10 model, in which students use the target Native language 90% of the time beginning in kindergarten.

  8. Linguistic rights - Wikipedia

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    Important documents for linguistic rights include the Universal Declaration ... It recognizes the countries Many indigenous languages as coofficial National languages ...

  9. Native American Languages Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    The Native American Languages Act of 1990 (NALA) is a US statute that gives historical importance as repudiating past policies of eradicating indigenous languages of the Americas [clarification needed] by declaring as policy that Native Americans were entitled to use their own languages. The fundamental basis of the policy's declaration was ...