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Native American Languages and Literacy: Issues of Orthography Choice and Bilingual Education

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: Native American language communities have had four choices regarding the adoption or change of a writing system in recent years: to adopt or not to adopt a system, or in the case of an existing system, to alter it or not to alter it. Also examined are criteria of orthography choice and functions of literacy. Bilingual education issues are seen as the most important function of Native language literacies. Also examined are problems that face Native language literacy programs.

Source: Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics

DOI: 10.17161/kwpl.1808.437

Author: Christina Biava

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2146751987

FWCI: 2.974

Cites: 7

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10