Mayan languages \u200b\u200boriginating in Central America are vulnerable
in XXI Century, EFE information
San Salvador. The native languages \u200b\u200bin Central America are vulnerable and at risk of disappearing, warned the Programme Specialist for Culture of UNESCO, Montserrat Martell, who noted that the region anticipates a process of gathering information on their intangible heritage.
"There is a linguistic vulnerability in Central America because simply a language that is used is dying and fewer people speak them, it is worse, "said Martell reporters today, the Central Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ).
announced that the countries of the region, simultaneously, began a process of gathering information on their intangible cultural property. He noted that in Central America "there is much information scattered" on these expressions, so you are creating a "new dynamic" in the framework of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage adopted in 2003 and which El Salvador is the only Central American country for ratification.
said the survey data, which are being incorporated communities, will "identify those people, who in general are higher," they continue to use indigenous languages \u200b\u200bin their daily activities in order to revitalize it.
The specialist explained that globalization works against the transmission of oral traditions but in his view, unlike Europe, Central America has the advantage of having "to community carriers" of these practices and recommended the radio as a tool valuable "for broadcast.
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