Journal of Mesoamerican Languages and Linguistics, Vol 1, No 1 (2008)

Book Review: Mexican Indigenous Languages at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century

Soeren Wichmann

Abstract


This edited volume surveys the sociolinguistic situation of Mexican indigenous languages both currently and historically, examining how these languages have survived the colonial period as well as their current situation. Three chapters focus on the historical background, two on language policies, one on statistics, and four chapters provide case studies of bilingualism and bilingual education in individual languages.

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