Ecological planning towards language revitalization: The Torwali minority language in Pakistan
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-1-2021
Abstract
This article examines the steady revitalization of an endangered minority community in northern Pakistan to show that how the Torwali community strategically mobilizes limited resources to achieve a sustainable revival of its language and culture. The uniqueness of the planning rests in its holistic, identity-based integrated approach that seeks to use identity building as a catalyst for language and culture revitalization. Alongside rebuilding the marred identity of the community, social development and empowerment also go hand in hand with the language and culture development process. The Torwali language and culture revitalization offers valuable theoretical and implementational insights as we learn that language revitalization does not work in isolation; rather it requires integrating language development with the identity-building, educational, and overall human development of the community.
Keywords
Agency, Ecological revitalization planning, Identity-based integrated approach, Pakistan, Torwali language
Divisions
aei
Publication Title
International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume
31
Issue
3
Publisher
Wiley
Publisher Location
111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA