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The Pijao language was lost sometime during the last half of the 20th century and exactly how the language was lost has yet to be discerned. Using data from an investigation that examined perceptions of the causes and effects of the Pijao linguicide among focus groups of different ages in the Pijao community at Natagaima, Tolima, this article examines two themes that came out of the focus groups – how the language was lost and how the community has suffered since the loss of the Pijao language. The results show how loss of their native language has disadvantaged the Pijao as a result of pervasive linguistic essentialist attitudes pervasive in the country. At the national level, the Pijao have problems in terms of recognition from other indigenous groups, with many refusing to recognize the indigeneity of the Pijao on the grounds of lack of language, and at a local level with mestizos arguing the same. Additionally, the author offers a tentative hypothesis for the loss of the Pijao language in the south of Tolima – that the creation of indigenous reserves may have hastened the loss of the language.

Joshua James Zwisler, Universidad del Tolima

Estudió Filosofía y Sociología en Macquarie University, en Australia, y tiene una maestría en Lingüística aplicada de Monash University, Australia. En este momento, está desarrollando su doctorado en Lingüística con Monash Unversity, con una tesis acerca de la lengua Pijao. Actualmente, es profesor catedrático en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad del Tolima, donde dicta fonética, lingüística y sociolingüística. Sus líneas de investigación son lengua e identidad, sociofonética y etnolingüística.

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