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Music revitalization as language revitalization: The jakuli and katẽntiri of the Mỹky people in southern Amazonia

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Abstract

This paper discusses the connection between the two in the context of language revitalization. The focus is on one case study among the Mỹky-speaking indigenous people in Brazilian southern Amazonia, that of the documentation and revitalization of the traditional jakuli genre of dance and music, and the traditional katẽntiri reed pipes that are played with it. It is shown that (re)creating a social space for traditional music has a positive impact on the attitude towards an endangered language and on its use in the speech community.

Keywords: language revitalization, Amazonian languages, ethnomusicology, reed pipe

How to Cite:

Bardagil, B., (2025) “Music revitalization as language revitalization: The jakuli and katẽntiri of the Mỹky people in southern Amazonia”, Living Languages 4(1), 85-108. doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/livinglanguages.2058