Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Title | Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Moseley |
Publisher | UNESCO |
Total Pages | 221 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9231040960 |
Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revised and expanded to include new series of maps and new points of view.
Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing
Title | Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing PDF eBook |
Author | Wurm, Stephen A. |
Publisher | UNESCO |
Total Pages | 92 |
Release | 2001-07-17 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9231037986 |
Close to half of the 6,000 languges spoken in the world are doomed or likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. The disappearance of any language is an irreparable loss for the heritage of all humankind. This new edition of the Atlas, first published in 1996, is intended to give a graphic picture of the magnitude of the problem and a comprehensive list of languages in danger.
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing
Title | Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing PDF eBook |
Author | Unesco |
Publisher | UNESCO |
Total Pages | 62 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN |
Atlas of the World's Languages
Title | Atlas of the World's Languages PDF eBook |
Author | R.E. Asher |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 1090 |
Release | 2018-04-19 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1317851080 |
Before the first appearance of the Atlas of the World's Languages in 1993, all the world's languages had never been accurately and completely mapped. The Atlas depicts the location of every known living language, including languages on the point of extinction. This fully revised edition of the Atlas offers: up-to-date research, some from fieldwork in early 2006 a general linguistic history of each section an overview of the genetic relations of the languages in each section statistical and sociolinguistic information a large number of new or completely updated maps further reading and a bibliography for each section a cross-referenced language index of over 6,000 languages. Presenting contributions from international scholars, covering over 6,000 languages and containing over 150 full-colour maps, the Atlas of the World's Languages is the definitive reference resource for every linguistic and reference library.
The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Title | The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Moseley |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 14 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Endangered languages |
ISBN | 9780956605245 |
Language Diversity Endangered
Title | Language Diversity Endangered PDF eBook |
Author | Matthias Brenzinger |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | 472 |
Release | 2015-07-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110905698 |
This book presents a comprehensive overview of endangered languages with a global coverage. It features such well-known specialists as Michael Krauss, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Denny Moore, Colette Grinevald, Akira Yamamoto, Roger Blench, Bruce Connell, Tapani Salminen, Olga Kazakevich, Aleksandr Kibrik, Jonathan Owens, David Bradley, George van Driem, Nicholas Evans, Stephen A. Wurm, Darrell Tryon and Matthias Brenzinger. The contributions are unique in analysing the present extent and the various kinds of language endangerment by applying shared general indicators for the assessment of language endangerment. Apart from presenting the specific situations of language endangerment at the sub-continental level, the volume discusses major issues that bear universally on language endangerment. The actual study of endangered languages is carefully examined, for example, against the ethics and pragmatics of fieldwork. Practical aspects of community involvement in language documentation are discussed, such as the setting up of local archives and the training of local linguists. Numerous case studies illustrate different language shift environments with specific replacing factors, such as colonial and religious conquests, migrations and governmental language education. The book is of interest to students and scholars of linguistics with particular focus on endangered languages (and their documentation), typology, and sociolinguistics as well as to anthropologists and language activists.
Language Endangerment
Title | Language Endangerment PDF eBook |
Author | David Bradley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 301 |
Release | 2019-11-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1107041139 |
Investigates the endangerment of languages and the loss of traditional cultural diversity, and how to respond.