Indigenous linguistic revitalization and outsider interaction: The Itzaj Maya case

Human Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-116

  Hofling, Charles Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Indigenous languages; Itzaj Maya; Language extinction; guatemala; Revitalization

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL REVIVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAYA PEOPLE;

GUATEMALA, PETEN;

EID: 0030469448     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.55.1.613j5q6p01836225     Document Type: Article

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