Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages (Routledge Language Family Series)
Christopher Moseley
Knowledge of the world's languages has never been more comprehensive than it is today; yet never have so many been threatened by extinction. Defining as endangered those languages in which older speakers are failing--for whatever reason--to pass on their native speech to younger generations, this encyclopedia is the first to catalog and describe them in-depth.
Each regional section in this work explores the problems of language preservation in the area, surveys known extinct languages and problems of classification, and provides a list of all known languages within the region, with special marking of those listed as endangered or extinct in subsequent entries. The list is followed by A-Z entries covering each language listed as endangered.
Edited by internationally regarded specialist Christopher Moseley, co-editor of the classic Atlas of the World's Languages, this is an essential resource for linguists, language-lovers, and anyone who believes that the human community is impoverished by the loss of even one language.
साल:
2007
संस्करण:
1
प्रकाशन:
Routledge
भाषा:
english
पृष्ठ:
688
ISBN 10:
070071197X
ISBN 13:
9780203645659
श्रृंखला:
Routledge Language Family Series
फ़ाइल:
PDF, 6.12 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2007