indigenisme
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.di.ʒəˈniz.mə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.di.d͡ʒeˈniz.me]
- Rhymes: -izme
Noun
indigenisme m (plural indigenismes)
- (linguistics) a word or expression from an indigenous language which has been borrowed into the language of a colonising population
- indigenismo (a cultural and political movement in Latin America which centres the experience of indigenous peoples)
Related terms
Further reading
- “indigenisme”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007