On Worldwide Mom Language Day 2024, we invite you to study concerning the work of three Cultural Survival companions who acquired a grant from the KOEF (Keepers of the Earth Fund) in 2023 for tasks that strengthen indigenous languages from their very own tradition and with various methods.
Yankuik Kuikamatilistli Cultural Centre (Nahuatl language, in Mexico)
In September 2023, the Yankuik Centre held the twelfth E-book Honest in Our Mom Tongue “Amoxilhuitl tonemillis in tonanyoltlahtol in Xoxogulan”, by means of a creative and tutorial programme with face-to-face and on-line actions, to contribute to the train of the linguistic rights of a number of indigenous peoples of central Mexico. Varied actions have been carried out, together with movie screenings, workshops, language programs, conferences and creative displays.
Over the course of 11 years, the Honest has consolidated itself as a proposal for the dissemination, assembly and participation of individuals from indigenous peoples, across the strengthening of their identities, mom tongues, linguistic rights and cultural expressions articulated within the area. The languages represented in numerous editions of the truthful have been: náhuatl, mee pá, mixteco, zapoteco, wirárika, purépecha, mazahua, maya-tsotsil and ñahñuh.
Runapacha Collective (Inga and Kichwa languages, in Colombia)
In an illustration that the indigenous language is indispensable for the transmission of non-linguistic information associated to their very own tradition and their specific method of seeing the world, the Runapacha collective developed a mission that unites the Inga and Kichwa languages with Chumbe weaving, conventional of their area.
In the middle of information dialogues, the collective collected data and reflections on the symbolism of Chumbe weaving, which led to the creation of information playing cards with the symbols and phrases related to the normal weaving. The fabric was then shared in weaving workshops with individuals concerned within the instructing of the neighborhood’s languages, with the intention to proceed growing artistic proposals that strengthen the information of their Inga neighborhood.
Tuteayen tse sungün (Tse sungün language, in Chile)
In August 2023, the Tuteayen tse sungün collective carried out a three-day language immersion internship to allow the Mapuche Williche tse sungün academics to achieve a greater degree. With a view to obtain full immersion, the group ready nicely upfront the pedagogical materials and guides for use within the internship. It’s hoped that the occasion, which acquired a higher response than anticipated, will have an effect on the motivation of Mapuche Williche individuals to talk or study Tse Sungün and that it’ll contribute to rising the variety of academics of the language. The collective hopes that attendees “will be capable to see an advance in themselves, to really feel that [Tse Sungün] is a recoverable and dwelling language”.
Photograph: College of East Cancun
