Ep 34: Ana D. Alonso Ortiz on Zapotec Language Documentation & Revitalization

Ana D. Alonso Ortiz is a Zapotec researcher and translator from Oaxaca, Mexico. She is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of the Amerindian Studies and Bilingual Education master’s program at the University of Queretaro. Her research focuses on the language description and language revitalization of Yalalag Zapotec, specifically promoting the language by working with child language acquisition.

She is currently developing a language course of Zapotec as a Second Language. Ana has worked on the production of educational materials in Zapotec in coordination with the Dill Yel Nbán Collective, a group of Zapotec scholars who seek to promote the Zapotec language. Ana received her PhD from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2021.

Things mentioned in this episode:

• Zapotec Languages 
• Yalálag Zapotec
• Ana on Academia
• Ana on Twitter: @AnaAlonsoOrtiz

   

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