Projektnummer

0053175

Zusammenfassung

The project intends to document the indigenous language Ache, today spoken by 250 to 300 people of an indigenous population with 1,300 members in eastern Paraguay. Because of the high frequency of Spanish, Guarani and Brazilian Portuguese languages in eastern Paraguay, the six Ache communities are exposed to a complex sociolinguistic condition. The number of fluent speakers is very low, and the drastic language shift by younger Ache generations puts the language in a precarious state of survival. The community members, leaders, elders and school teachers emphasize the urgency of docume...