THE NAHUA LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE IN SANTA ANA TLACOTENCO, MEXICO CITY: THE EXERCISE OF AN INDIGENOUS RIGHT

THE NAHUA LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE IN SANTA ANA TLACOTENCO, MEXICO CITY: THE EXERCISE OF AN INDIGENOUS RIGHT

  • Elsa Del Valle Núñez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Keywords: linguistic landscape, revival, Nahuatl, language policy

Abstract

This article presents a family and community experience on the elaboration of a linguistic landscape in Nahuatl in the community of Santa Ana Tlacotenco, Milpa Alta, in Mexico City, as a revitalization strategy. Describes the sociolinguistic situation of Nahuatl in the study community, emphasizes some of the causes of its loss and linguistic displacement. Subsequently, it places the landscape as a linguistic revitalization strategy and as one of the indigenous Mexican linguistic rights established by law.

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Author Biography

Elsa Del Valle Núñez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Licenciada en Derecho por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM. Magister en sociolingüista, PROEIB Andes. Actualmente Doctorando en Estudios Socioculturales, Posgrado de la Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad Mayor de San Simón,
Cochabamba, Bolivia. Hablante de la lengua náhuatl, variante del centro de México.

Published
2020-12-30
How to Cite
Del Valle Núñez, E. (2020). THE NAHUA LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE IN SANTA ANA TLACOTENCO, MEXICO CITY: THE EXERCISE OF AN INDIGENOUS RIGHT. Revista De La Facultad De Derecho Y Ciencias Políticas (Cusco), 4(12), 163-178. https://doi.org/10.51343/rfdcp.v4i12.652