• Mhytus Antonette R. Gregorio
• Rene M. Bonifacio
• China Mae S. Caliba
• Zhaira May Dag-on
• Reina Mae M. Hernandez

The world is culturally diverse with over 370 million indigenous people hence, multilingualism has had a huge impact on these indigenous cultural communities. Generally, this study aims to analyze some of the opportunities and difficulties brought by multilingualism among the indigenous cultural communities around the world. A descriptive research design was utilized in this Extended Literature Review. It has been stressed that being multilingual is an advantage in today’s global society. Thus, Multilingualism has brought numerous benefits and challenges to indigenous cultural communities.

challenges, cultural communities, indigenous people, language learning, multilingualism, opportunities.

"Multilingualism: Opportunities and Challenges among the Indigenous Cultural Communities ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.c86-c102, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112213.pdf

"Multilingualism: Opportunities and Challenges among the Indigenous Cultural Communities ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppc86-c102, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112213.pdf