FOUNDATION FOR ENDANGERED LANGUAGES

in association with

Carleton University

School of Linguistics and Language Studies

School of Canadian Studies

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

FEL XVII:

Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries:

Community Connections, Collaborative Approaches
and Cross-Disciplinary Research

Langues en péril au-delà des frontières:

Connexions communautaires, approches collaboratives,
et recherche interdisciplinaire

Proceedings of the 17^th FEL Conference

Table of contents

Index of Authors		ix
Index of Languages and Geographic Regions		x
Location Map for Languages and Geographic Regions		xi
Mary Jane Norris, Donna Patrick & Nicholas Ostler	Endangered Languages Beyond Boundaries: Community Connections, Collaborative Approaches, and Cross-Disciplinary Research	1
	Langues en péril au-delà des frontières: Connexions communautaires, approches collaboratives et recherche interdisciplinaire	6
Session 1: Collaborations with Language and Cultural Organizations, and Governments
Lorna Williams	Nuk’wantwal’: Collaborative and Community-Centred Approaches to Language Vitalization from an Indigenous Perspective	11
Stéphane Cloutier	UQAUSIVUT: Our Language – Implementing Made-in-Nunavut Language Legislation	14
Sally Treloyn, Rona Googninda Charles & Sherika Nulgit	Repatriation of Song Materials to Support Intergenerational Transmission of Knowledge about Language in the Kimberley Region of Northwest Australia	18
Stelómethet Ethel B. Gardner, Heather Blair & Shelby LaFramboise-Helgeson	Being Cree in the 21st Century Through Language, Literacy, and Culture: Iyiniwoskinîkiskwewak (Young Women) Take on the Challenges	25
Thomas Saunders	Collaborations and Connections between an Aboriginal Organisation and Endangered Language Speakers: Interpreting and Translating in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, Australia	32
Session 2: Collaborations with Universities, Researchers, Institutes and Schools
Mela Sarkar, Janine Metallic, Beverly A. Baker, Constance Lavoie & Teresa Strong-Wilson	Siawinnu’gina’masultinej: A Language Revitalization Initiative for Mi’gmaq in Listuguj, Canada	39
Palash Kumar Nath	Collaborative Approach Towards Language Preservation and Revitalization –Perspectives from North East India	47
Colleen M. Fitzgerald & Joshua D. Hinson	'Ilittibaatoksali' 'We Are Working Together': Perspectives on our Chickasaw Tribal-Academic Collaboration	53
Galadima Moses Pyefa	An Analysis of the Native Language Preservation Programme of Plateau State University	61
Rob Amery &Vincent (Jack) Kanya Buckskin	Having it Both Ways: Towards Recognition of the Kaurna Language Movement Within the Community and Within the University Sector	65
Claudia Soria, Joseph Mariani & Carlo Zoli	Dwarfs Sitting on Giants’ Shoulders: How LTs for Regional and Minority Languages Can Benefit from Piggybacking on Major Languages	73
Session 3: Strategies / Issues Across Language, Culture, Geography, Place and Generations I: Standardization and Dialects
Lenore A. Grenoble	The Arctic Indigenous Language Initiative: Assessment, Promotion, and Collaboration	80
Jeela Palluq-Cloutier	Standardization of the Inuit Language in Canada	88
Christine Schreyer & John Wagner	Kala Biŋatuwã: A Community-Driven Alphabet for the Kala language	91
Robyn Giffen	Divergent Dialects or Similar Languages: A Case Study of Nabit and Gurenɛ	100
Session 4: Strategies / Issues across Language, Culture, Geography, Place and Generations II: Minority Languages, Regions and Rural / Urban Areas
Saiqa Imtiaz Asif	Ethnic Identity or Regional Identity? A Case Study of Siraikis Redefining Themselves	108
Thiago Costa Chacon, Sarah Shulist & Carol Genetti	Creating a Language Center in the Upper Rio Negro (Amazon): Considerations for Ongoing Collaborations	114
Session 6: Language and Culture Connections: Health, Well-being, and Educational Outcomes
Onowa McIvor	Protective effects of language learning, use and culture on the health and well-being of Indigenous people in Canada	123
Leanne C. Findlay & Dafna E. Kohen	Linking Culture and Language to Aboriginal Children’s Outcomes: Lessons from Canadian Data	132
Joanne Tompkins, Anne Murray Orr, Sherise Paul-Gould, Starr Sock, Roseanne Clark & Darcie Pirie	An Inquiry into Two Aboriginal Language Immersion Programs	138
Heather A. Blair, Jacqueline Filipek & Martin Zeidler	Addressing Joshua Fishman’s Ideological Clarification: Working With Pre-service Teachers	145
Session 7: Strategies / Issues across Language, Culture, Geography, Place and Generations III: Generations and Families
Joan A. Argenter	Intergenerational Permeability and Cleavages: From Parents as Agents of Language Shift to Grandparents as a Source of Knowledge in Catalan, a Heritage Language in Alghero, Sardinia	150
Erik Anonby	In Language Survival, is Every Barrier a Barrier? How Speakers of Majma-Ma Use Obstacles as a Context for Response	157
Session 8: Language Assessment, Documentation and Diversity: Indicators of Vitality, Endangerment and the Implications of Data Collection
Stéphanie Langlois & Annie Turner	Aboriginal Languages in Canada in 2011	162
Lori Morris & Marguerite MacKenzie	Using all the Pieces to Solve the Puzzle: the Importance of Aboriginal Language Assessment in Child Populations	170
Renée Lambert-Brétière	Ethical Dilemmas in Documenting the Kwoma Language	178
Session 5: Poster Sessions I: Hard copy: Community Connections, Collaborative Approaches, Cross-Disciplinary Research
Tim Brookes	The Endangered Alphabets Project—On Display and in Action	185
Chantale Cenerini	The relational form in the Cree language: A collaborative approach to understanding its use in Swampy Cree (‘N’ dialect)	186
John M. Clifton	Orthography as Social Practice: Is There a Role for the Linguist?	189
Lynn Drapeau & Renée Lambert-Brétière	The Innu Language Documentation Project	191
DJ W. Hatfield & Futuru Tsai	Market Values and Expressive Registers: Some Thoughts on Collaboration between Indigenous Songwriters and Language Revival Movements in Taiwan	193
Michel Musombwa Igunzi (Ndahashuba)	Expériences de revitalisation de la langue Kinyindu	195
L.do Jesus Salinas Pedraza & Serena d’Agostino	CELIAC’s 25 Years Teaching Native Speakers to Write Books in Indigenous Languages	197
Session 5: Poster Session II: Electronic: Collaborative Approaches with Information and Computer Technologies
Elise McClay, Erin Olson, Carol Little, Hisako Noguchi, Alan Bale, Jessica Coon & Gina Cook	Using Technology to Bridge the Gap between Speakers, Learners, and Linguists	199
Marie-Odile Junker	Language maintenance and preservation in the digital age	201
FEL Manifesto		205