The 1990s saw the onset of diametric changes in official Mexican government policies towards indigenous and linguistic rights.
We will learn from visiting indigenous leaders and linguistic experts who will share their life, language, and culture with the class.
The World Conference rightly focused on a number of groups whose members' human rights were vulnerable, including women, "national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, " indigenous people, migrant workers, children, and the disabled.
This includes girls; children from poor households or living in rural areas; children belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, indigenous groups and castes facing discrimination; and children affected by HIV/AIDS or disabilities.
Under Mexico's Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas ("General Law on the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples") promulgated in 2003, Nahuatl and the other 63 indigenous languages of Mexico are recognized as lenguas nacionales ("national languages") in the regions where they are spoken, enjoying the same status as Spanish within their region.
The Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples was passed by the Mexican Congress in 2003, granting indigenous languages the same legal status and validity as Spanish.
"Scale does matter," she told me – Maori make up 15% of the New Zealand population, Native Americans make up only 2% – "but so too do the various linguistic differences of indigenous communities in America.
The indigenous Luwian groups maintained their linguistic and cultural independence most clearly in isolated areas such as Lycia and western Cilicia, but they are also recognizable in other southern provinces such as Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia.
The 2003 General Law on the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples outlaws linguistic discrimination in the work, education, and judicial environments.1.1
