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Community-led Linguistic Work with the Ch’ol Language

Strengthening language-preservation efforts by fostering international exchanges between scholars

Languages of the world are vanishing at an alarming rate. Most at risk are those spoken by marginalized minorities. The Mayan language Ch’ol is no exception. Recently, however, a growing number of Ch’ol-speaking linguists and academics have been producing scholarly works on their native language, bringing it to the attention of other scholars and linguists.

The goal of this project is to support Ch’ol-speaker Morelia Vázquez Martínez as she continues her work during a trip to the United States. Vázquez is presenting at the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas before traveling to Cornell to help archive Ch’ol narratives and share experiences on community-led projects with other researchers.

Topics: Culture, Language and History

The Team

  • Miloje Despić, Department of Linguistics

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Sarah Murray, Department of Linguistics

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Carol-Rose Little, linguistics
  • Community partner:  Morelia Vázquez Martínez

Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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