Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages

Type

Book

Authors

Hinton ( Leanne Hinton )

ISBN 10

0930588622

ISBN 13

9780930588625

Tags

Reference, Native American Studies, Essays, California, Californian Indians

Description

Unique ways of understanding the world before outsiders arrived, about 100 distinct Indian languages were spoken in California, many of them alive today. Each of these languages represents a unique way of understanding the world and expressing that understanding. Flutes of Fire examines many different aspects of Indian languages: languages, such as Yana, in which men and women have markedly different ways of speaking; ingenious ways used in each language for counting. Hinton discusses how language can retain evidence of ancient migrations, and addresses what different groups are doing to keep languages alive and pass them down to the younger generations.

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