Lenguas y variedades en peligro en las Américas.

Autores: Ana Isabel García Tesoro, Marleen Haboud, Silke Jansen.

Fecha de publicación: 2025

For minoritized language speakers across the Americas, their mother tongue often represents much more than a mere communication tool —it can become an identity symbol, articulate social relations and bonds, convey wisdom and traditions from one generation to another, structure thinking, and heal, among many other roles. Nevertheless, it is known that languages, as social representations, can both empower and subordinate, creating stereotypes and, often, determining individuals’ social status. This is why many endangered languages are linked to discrediting and stigmatization, stereotypes linked to marginalization and underdevelopment, invisibility, or some perceived uselessness.

Keywords: Language didactics, English terms, veracity, phonology, inflections, interlanguage, autonomy, poetics, software development, foreign, verisimilitude, narrative, alternative assessment