What is Language Recovery?, was Re: Siraya petition

[Terry J. Klokeid]

On 2-Apr-09, at 4:06 PM, Piers Kelly wrote:

> If revitalisation is the goal of a speech community, how do we  
> define successful language revitalisation (as opposed to, say,  
> successful description)?




Here is the statement that has been used by the Language Recovery  
Program of the  Huu-ay-aht First Nations, one of the Nuu-chah-nulth  
First Nations of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, BC:

Language Recovery is the process of restoring our Nuu-chah-nulth  
language to play a useful, functional role in community activities.

The outcome of Language Recovery is achieved when families maintain  
the Nuu-chah-nulth language, when children learn the language from  
their parents, grandparents, siblings, and playmates.





Terry J. Klokeid, Ph.D.
Technical Consultant
Language Recovery Program
Huu-ay-aht Na-naniiqsu (Grandparents) Society
Huu-ay-aht First Nations
klokeid at victoria.tc.ca
250.653.4099





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