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Panama, Bill for Indigenous Languages
PANAMA -
National Assembly is focused on the
possibility of making six indigenous
languages official, in order to promote
those languages learning.
The bill presented by region Ngobe Bugle
National Assembly member, Crescencia Prado,
tries to strengthen indigenous languages
learning in parallel with the Spanish
language.
Measure would include dialects such as Ngobe
Buglé, Kuna, Emberá, Wounaan, Naso Teribe
and Bri bri
According to the proposal, it would server
as means of communication in schools and all
public and private institutions, which are
located in areas where people uses those
dialects.
In the meantime, it tries to achieve the
recognition of indigenous languages
alphabets, which have certain
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