Language Revitalization: Insights from Thailand

ISBN-13: 9783034334976 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 326 str.

Suwilai Premsrirat;David Hirsh

Opis

This volume reports on programs to revitalize and maintain languages of Thailand, with a particular focus on small enclave languages and school-based revitalization programs. Issues of language status, cultural heritage and identity are explored. The approximately 70 languages of Thailand belong to five language families: Tai (24), Austroasiatic (23), Austronesian (3), Sino-Tibetan (18) and Hmong-Mien (2). Currently, fifteen of these languages are classified as seriously endangered. This volume discusses language revitalization efforts involving six Mon-Khmer groups (Maniq, Chong, Nyah Kur, So, Mlabri, Lavue); four Thai-related groups (Phetburi western central Thai, Phutai, Lao, Nyaw); two Austronesian groups (Moklen, Patani Malay); and one Tibeto-Burman group (Bisu). The book provides a framework and model for future developments in revitalizing Thailand's indigenous languages.

Spis treści

David Bradley: Introduction: The Importance of the Mahidol Model for Language Revitalization - Section 1: Approaches to Language Revitalization - Suwilai Premsrirat: Mahidol Model for the Preservation of Language Diversity: Thailand Experience - Suwilai Premsrirat: Orthography Development: A Tool for Language Revitalization and Preservation of Local Wisdom - Section 2: Case Studies of Language Communities - Siripen Ungsitipoonporn: The Impact of Nyah Kur Language Revitalization - Toshiyuki Doi: Cheum Chong: Outcomes and Challenges of Chong Language Revitalization Project - Mayuree Thawornpat: Lavue Revitalization Project and Networks - Kirk R. Person: Reflections on Two Decades of Bisu Language Revitalization - Kumaree Laparporn: Community Learning Centers for Ethnic Language and Culture Revitalization: A Case Study of the So (Thavung), Nyaw, Phutai and Lao - Sunee Kamnuansin: Ecological Vocabulary of Coastal Dwellers - Isara Choosri/Chumphol Phothisarn/Amornrat Ratanawong/Sarawut Kraisame: The Limit of Literacy-based Language Revival: Maniq, Mlabri, and Moklen - Section 3: Language Situation in the Deep South - Suwilai Premsrirat/Mirinda Burarungrot: Patani Malay-Thai Bi/Multilingual Education in Thailand's Deep South - Rusdee Masor: The Situation of Code-mixing between Patani Malay and Thai by Patani Malay-speaking People in Pattani Province - Uniansasmita Samoh: Identity Issue Through the Lens of Languages and Scripts

O autorze

Suwilai Premsrirat is Professor of Linguistics and founding director of the Resource Center for Documentation, Revitalization and Maintenance of Endangered Languages and Cultures at Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand.