Publications

Publication details [#26510]

King, Kendall A. 2001. Language revitalization processes and prospects. Quichua in the Ecuadorian Andes. Multilingual Matters. 253 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | education | language revival | language shift

Language as a subject

Quechua | Spanish

Annotation

This study evaluates bilingual instruction and the shift to Spanish in two Quichua-speaking communities of southern Ecuador, the urban Lagunas and the rural Tambopampa, distinguishing between reversing language shift and language revitalization.