A grande enchente

história da diferenciação das línguas

Authors

  • Davi Kopenawa Yanomami universidade de brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/dasquestoes.v10i1.32323

Keywords:

Yanomami, Languages, Diversity, Threats

Abstract

David Kopenawa presents us with two narratives that tell of the diversity and vitality of the languages spoken among the Yanomami. The first narrative is about the great flood that led to the differentiation of languages, which occurred after an extreme event caused by a disorder on the human plane and which shook both the divine, the spiritual plane and the forests of the earth. The people who emerged from there were transformed into foams of different colours and qualities, and carried by the current of the Parima River. With fine irony, Kopenawa uses, in the second narrative, the sweet taste of sugar cane to meditate on the attractiveness of the Portuguese language, which has been imposed on them throughout time.

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Published

2020-07-14

How to Cite

KOPENAWA YANOMAMI, Davi. A grande enchente: história da diferenciação das línguas. Das Questões, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 7–11, 2020. DOI: 10.26512/dasquestoes.v10i1.32323. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/dasquestoes/article/view/32323. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Línguas indígenas e naturezas. Desafios frente à perda de mundos

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