Autochthonous linguistic policies and indigenous languages in Roraima: the case of the Ye'kwana people

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Marcus Vinícius da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Mello, Cristiani Dália de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Fórum Linguístico
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/80269

The proposed article aims to reflect on the indigenous language policies developed by the indigenous peoples of Roraima, given the multilingual and multicultural reality of the constitution of state, with special attention to the educational actions developed by the Ye’kwana people. In order to understand the tense relations between the Brazilian state and the indigenous languages of Roraima, we are based on the Linguistic Policies literature (CALVET, 2007; COOPER, 1997 [1989]; SILVA, 2018). It was also necessary to recover the research carried out on the Ye'kwana (COSTA, 2013, 2018, 2019; ANDRADE, 2007, 2013), as well as to important the history of linguistic policies for indigenous peoples in Brazil and discuss the indigenous linguistic policies designed and developed by indigenous peoples in Roraima territory (CUNHA, 2008; BRASIL, 1988, 1996; BANIWA, 2006; REPETTO, 2008). We conclude that, due to the State's omission, the Ye'kwana and other indigenous peoples have sought to create policies to try to maintain their traditional values within the needs that contemporaneity and society demand, by documenting and creating strategies to teach and learn their own languages and cultures, without losing their essence and their identity.KEYWORDS: Language Policies. Indigenous Languages.Ye’kwana. Roraima.