Indigenous languages, literacy and the myth of the “unwritten language”

Fully (sic) a bliodgi: Indigenous languages, literacy and the myth of the “unwritten language”

Are Indigenous languages written languages?

Yes. Yes, they are. The notion that Indigenous languages aren’t written languages is a myth, and an apparently pervasive one.

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Because it seems when someone tries to say that Indigenous languages aren’t written languages, what they really mean is that they are primarily spoken languages and that they don’t have a significant literary tradition like more prestigious languages such as Latin, English or Chinese.

This is also a short-sighted view.