LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND LINGUISTIC RIGHTS IN PERU

Abstract

In the context of the plurilingual reality of Peru, there are currently about 47 indigenous languages, which are spoken and written by approximately 4 million Peruvians (CUADROS SANCHEZ, 2016). The Political Constitution of Peru, of 1993, in Title II, Chapter I, Art. 48, made Castilian official and, in compliance with the principle of territoriality, also Quechua, Aymara, and other indigenous languages. In 2011, the Languages ​​Law was enacted in the country, which regulates the use, preservation, development, recovery, promotion and dissemination of the original languages ​​(MAY, 2005). In this bibliographic research work, our purposes were to define how language policies are categorized, focusing on declared, perceived and practiced policies (SPOLSKY, 2004, 2009, 2012), and to present how such policies are being developed in Peru, in the sense of guarantee the linguistic rights of minorities (PELLICER, 1997) in the fields of education, public administrative services and justice (YATACO, 2010). We conclude that the government efforts in the process of diffusion, promotion and appreciation of the original languages, despite being quite significant, still do not allow its speakers to fully enjoy their linguistic rights.