Klallam: Not Sleeping but Awakening?
Research Mentor(s)
Pine, Judith M. S.
Description
Like many indigenous languages across the world, the Klallam language of Northwest Washington has experienced drastic speaker loss over the last century. Power dynamics between languages, and speakers pushed the loss of intergenerational transmission so far that the last native speaker died in 2014. However, the tribe in conjunction with Linguist Timothy Montler, and Port Angeles public school system has created a program to bring Klallam to the younger generations.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
14-5-2018 4:00 PM
End Date
14-5-2018 6:00 PM
Department
Linguistics
Resource Type
Moving image
Genre/Form
student projects; streaming video
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Clallam language; Indians of North America--Languages; Linguistics--Study and teaching; Language and languages--Study and teaching
Geographic Coverage
Northwest Coast of North America
Type
MovingImage
Keywords
Klallam, language, endangered language, indigenous language, Native American, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, world language education, minority language, linguistic diversity
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Klallam: Not Sleeping but Awakening?
Like many indigenous languages across the world, the Klallam language of Northwest Washington has experienced drastic speaker loss over the last century. Power dynamics between languages, and speakers pushed the loss of intergenerational transmission so far that the last native speaker died in 2014. However, the tribe in conjunction with Linguist Timothy Montler, and Port Angeles public school system has created a program to bring Klallam to the younger generations.
Comments
Linguistics Program, Linguistics 402