The Role of Technology in Indigenous Language Revitalization

[Jon Allan Reyhner]

Dear ILAT Language Activists:

The uses (and limits) of technology are discussed in several papers in the 2009 Northern Arizona University monograph "Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance and Lessons Learned" that is available in paperback and at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/ILR/ on line. Chapter 13 "Indigenous Language Revitalization and Technology: From Traditional to Contemporary Domains " by Candace Galla who works with AILDI at the University of Arizona "describes critical areas in which technology plays a role in language and culture revitalization and explores efforts made by Indigenous communities to preserve, maintain and revitalize their Indigenous language with the help of computer technology." There are also a number of articles on the uses of technology in our previous SILS publications available at http://nau.edu/TIL

Jon Reyhner
Professor of Bilingual Multicultural Education
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/