Do cuts in Brazilian public education funding threaten indigenous languages? - Akwe-Xerente scholars discuss the role of the school in maintaining their language

Authors

  • Suety Líbia Alves Borges Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0923-6901
  • Adalto Pizumekwa Pereira Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Anderson Simrihu Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Edimar Darêrkêkwa Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Elivaldo Wakuke Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Genivaldo Cristino Romkre Olegário Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Geovane Simnãkrã Pereira Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Ângela Neprerê de Brito Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Gilmar Smisuite Pereira Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Jacira Sekwahidi de Brito Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Lenivaldo Srãpte Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Luis Fernando Srêwasa Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Mário André Hêsukamekwa Coelho da Silva Universidade Federal de Goiás https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4882-1567
  • Nelson Srêpawe Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Noel Dakawazrêkwa Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Rafael Dakukre Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Romerito Sõzê Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Valdirei Sernãwe Calixto Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Vanderley Sakruikawe Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Wesley Kupsinã Silva Xerente Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Manoel Moreno Waikaizapari de Carvalho UFG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/racs.v5i.63754

Keywords:

Language vitality, Urban proximity, New technologies

Abstract

Abstract

This study presents the results of the research carried out in the Funil village - one of the territories belonging to the Akwe-Xerente people -, located at a distance of 12 km from Tocantínia, state of Tocantins. The initial research hypothesis,that also inhabits the collective imaginary of the Akwe-Xerente people, was that their language is threatened due to their proximity to the city and to the intensive use of new technologies. However, the hypothesis has not been confirmed. The students were able to conclude that a greater contact with the city or with new technologies resulting from contact with the ktâwanõ, does not necessarily pose a threat to the vitality of the Akwe language.

 

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Published

2020-09-22

How to Cite

BORGES, S. L. A.; PEREIRA XERENTE, A. P. .; SIMRIHU XERENTE, A. .; DARÊRKÊKWA XERENTE, E. .; WAKUKE XERENTE, E. .; OLEGÁRIO XERENTE, G. C. R. .; PEREIRA XERENTE, G. S. .; BRITO XERENTE, Ângela N. de .; PEREIRA XERENTE, G. S. .; BRITO XERENTE, J. S. de .; SRÃPTE XERENTE, L. .; SRÊWASA XERENTE, L. F. .; SILVA, M. A. H. C. da .; SRÊPAWE XERENTE, N. .; DAKAWAZRÊKWA XERENTE, N. .; DAKUKRE XERENTE, R. .; SÕZÊ XERENTE, R. .; VALDIREI SERNÃWE CALIXTO XERENTE; VANDERLEY SAKRUIKAWE XERENTE; SILVA XERENTE, W. K. .; WAIKAIZAPARI DE CARVALHO, M. M. . Do cuts in Brazilian public education funding threaten indigenous languages? - Akwe-Xerente scholars discuss the role of the school in maintaining their language. Articulando e Construindo Saberes, Goiânia, v. 5, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/racs.v5i.63754. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/racs/article/view/63754. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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Vol. 5 (2020): Revista Articulando e Construindo Saberes

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