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OLAC Record oai:sil.org:56606 |
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Title: | A Yaneshaʼ alphabet for the electronic age | |
Contributor (author): | Wise, Mary Ruth | |
Date (W3CDTF): | 2014 | |
Description: | Chapter 9 of "Developing Orthographies for Unwritten Languages," Publications in Language Use and Education 6. Some chapters of this book were presented as papers at the LSA Symposium in 2011. | |
This case study of alphabet development, use and change through nearly six decades summarizes the phonological properties of Yanesha' (an Arawakan language spoken in Peru) that challenge alphabet makers. It also sketches the history of Yanesha' alphabet decisions, as well as the history of formal and informal literacy programs and literature production in Yanesha'. Finally, it recounts the recent decision-making process for the revised Yanesha' alphabet, in which Yanesha' bilingual teachers and community leaders were the chief players. The resulting official alphabet enables the Yanesha' to produce their own school texts and literature using any computer with a Spanish keyboard. | ||
Description (URI): | http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/56606 | |
Extent: | Pages 191-209 | |
Is Part Of: | Northern Perspective | |
Language: | English | |
Language (ISO639): | eng | |
Spatial Coverage (ISO3166): | PE | |
Subject: | Yanesha' language | |
Alphabet development; Orthography development; Writing system design; Case study | ||
Subject (ISO639): | ame | |
Type (DCMI): | Text | |
Type (OLAC): | language_description | |
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Archive: | SIL Language and Culture Archives | |
Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/sil.org | |
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OaiIdentifier: | oai:sil.org:56606 | |
DateStamp: | 2013-04-27 | |
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Citation: | Wise, Mary Ruth. 2014. Northern Perspective. | |
Terms: | area_Americas area_Europe country_GB country_PE dcmi_Text iso639_ame iso639_eng olac_language_description | |
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Country: | Peru | |
Area: | Americas |