Possibilidade de letramento em línguas indígenas

Abstract

This paper aims at broaden the debate on ‘literacy in indigenous languages’ and their socio-cultural role in the vitality and maintenance of cultural and natural heritage of indigenous peoples. First of all, it means understanding the difference between literacy processes in Portuguese and indigenous languages. In these, one of the written use of claims is to constitute a memorial space to save the cultural heritage, creativity of indigenous peoples, the wealth of cultures and traditional indigenous knowledge about nature. In a rapid loss of indigenous mother tongue, writing has worked as a drive resource for the health of languages in that it increases the linguistic consciousness of speakers of endangered cultural property of that, what happens in most cases, the lack of education in these languages.