LAS COMUNIDADES VIRTUALES DEL QUICHUA ECUATORIANO: REVALORIZANDO LA LENGUA EN UN ESPACIO APROPIADO
Abstract
Las lenguas indígenas de América tienen una larga historia de subalternización que se mantiene hasta el día de hoy. Por esta razón, las Naciones Unidas declararon el 2019 como el Año Internacional de las Lenguas Indígenas, como un esfuerzo de revertir el proceso de pérdida de la diversidad lingüística del planeta. El quichua ecuatoriano es una lengua con presencia en varios países de la región. En Ecuador es la lengua indígena con mayor número de hablantes; sin embargo, hay evidencias de encontrarse en dramática situación de retroceso en cuanto a la trasmisión intergeneracional. En el contexto actual, los jóvenes quichua hablantes se apropian de recursos tecnológicos para la construcción de comunidades virtuales de defensa y difusión de la lengua y cultura quichua. En esta comunicación se presenta una investigación de carácter exploratorio de dos comunidades virtuales en el Facebook: Kichwa Mashikuna y Kichwa Hatari NY. A partir de este acercamiento se postula la necesidad de pensar la supervivencia lingüística de cara a la posibilidad de adaptación al contexto urbano y tecnológico. Y en este sentido, los jóvenes quichuas apuestan a "atravesar la modernidad" , antes que rodearla o negarla.
The indigenous languages of America have a long history of subalternization that continues nowadays. For this reason, the United Nations stated the 2019 as the International Year of the Indigenous Languages, as an effort to reverse the lossing of the linguistic diversity on the planet. The Ecuadorian quichua has presence in many countries of the region. . In Ecuador is the indigenous language with the biggest number of speakers. However, there are evidences that this language is suffering a dramatic situation of decline at intergenerational transmission. In the actual context, the young quichua speakers take over technological resources in order of building virtual communities with the purpose of defense and diffusion the language and culture quichua. This paper shows an exploratory investigation of two virtual communities on Facebook: Kichwa Mashikuna and Kichwa Hatari NY. With this approach, is revelated the need to think about linguistic survival in front of the possibility of adaptation to the urban and technological context. In relation with this, the young Quichuas bet on "going through modernity" , instead of get around or deny it.
The indigenous languages of America have a long history of subalternization that continues nowadays. For this reason, the United Nations stated the 2019 as the International Year of the Indigenous Languages, as an effort to reverse the lossing of the linguistic diversity on the planet. The Ecuadorian quichua has presence in many countries of the region. . In Ecuador is the indigenous language with the biggest number of speakers. However, there are evidences that this language is suffering a dramatic situation of decline at intergenerational transmission. In the actual context, the young quichua speakers take over technological resources in order of building virtual communities with the purpose of defense and diffusion the language and culture quichua. This paper shows an exploratory investigation of two virtual communities on Facebook: Kichwa Mashikuna and Kichwa Hatari NY. With this approach, is revelated the need to think about linguistic survival in front of the possibility of adaptation to the urban and technological context. In relation with this, the young Quichuas bet on "going through modernity" , instead of get around or deny it.
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Vol. 25, No. 40