Writing Shiwilu, a critically endangered language of Peruvian Amazonia

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Title:	Writing Shiwilu, a critically endangered language of Peruvian Amazonia
Author:	Valenzuela, Pilar
Date:	2011-09-30
Description:	This talk discusses various issues that arose during the process of casting audio-recorded Shiwilu texts in a practical orthography: need and motivations, target audience(s), agents, linguistic and non-linguistic factors for orthographical decisions. These are complex questions currently faced by those involved in the documentation and revitalization of critically endangered languages.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/5210
Rights:	Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported