Language Maintenance And Language Renewal Among Cherokee People in Oklahoma

Language Maintenance And Language Renewal Among Cherokee People in Oklahoma

Blog Article

There was a time in the Americas when many very different languages were spoken by the diverse native peoples.This situation changed 15-eg1053cl rapidly as waves of colonizing Europeans arrived, containing and controlling the native peoples, often forcing them to forfeit culture and language.Today remnants of some Indian tribes are striving to find ways to maintain or renew their own languages.

This paper explores some of the issues involved, here and then focuses on efforts to maintain and renew Oklahoma Cherokee.