Publicación: LINGUISTIC VITALITY OF CHEDUNGUN IN ADOLESCENTS OF THE ALTO BIOBÍO DISTRICT: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY
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2024
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Onomazein
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THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF LINGUISTIC RIGHTS (UDLL), ADOPTED IN 1998, PREDICTS THAT DURING THE 21ST CENTURY 80 % OF THE WORLDS LANGUAGES MAY DISAPPEAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CULTURAL RICHNESS REPRESENTED BY LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND MULTILINGUALISM. THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF OUR COUNTRY, THE MAPUCHE LANGUAGE PARTICULARLY, IS NOT FREE FROM THIS SITUATION. VERGARA AND OTHERS (2013) INDICATE THAT THE MAPUCHE LANGUAGE IS REGRESSING, BEING PROGRESSIVELY REPLACED BY SPANISH, WHICH THREATENS TO TURN THIS ORIGINAL PEOPLE INTO A MONOLINGUAL COMMUNITY IN THE LONG TERM.
CONSIDERING THIS ENDANGERED SITUATION, THE PRESENT STUDY AIMS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE VITALITY OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, PARTICULARLY CHEDUNGUN, CONTEMPLATING THE INDIGENOUS WORLD VIEW THROUGH A COMMUNITY-BASED METHODOLOGY, WHICH MEANS PEWENCHE CENTERED PERSPECTIVES AND THE INDIGENOUS CULTURE (WERITO, 2020; REYHNER AND LEE, 2020).
BASED ON THIS METHODOLOGY, THE LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE OF THE CHEDUNGUN OF 95 % OF THE ADOLESCENTS OF LICEO DE RALCO WAS EVALUATED, THAT IS, 114 PEWENCHE STUDENTS. THE RESULTS OF THIS EVALUATION NOT ONLY SUGGEST THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ANALYZE WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD BY A COMPETENT SPEAKER OF CHEDUNGUN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CULTURE, BUT ALSO THAT 45.5 % OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE MAINTAIN A HIGH DEGREE OF VITALITY OF THEIR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE.
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linguistic revitalization, linguistic competence, indigenous methodology, chedungun
