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Morales insists on indigenous language education

By Shannon at 02/03/07 15:01

Morales has plans to have all government workers and schoolchildren learn the main indigenous languages. The government estimates that 37 percent of the population speaks a native language that predates the arrival of Spanish colonists in the 16th century. Promoting those languages is part of a broad effort ``to decolonize the mindset and the Bolivian state.'' Education officials say the reemergence of Bolivia's indigenous languages is part of a regional trend. Interest in indigenous communities and traditions has grown in the past 20 years throughout South America.

Original source: Canton Rep. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. cantonrep. com/ index. php?ID=333418&Category=24, anchor: In Bolivia, Speaking Up for Native Languages]

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