What is Language Recovery?, was Re: Siraya petition
Terry J. Klokeid
klokeid at VICTORIA.TC.CA
Fri Apr 3 01:02:43 UTC 2009
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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