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Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages

Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages Paperback / softback - 2010

by Christopher Moseley

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Paperback / softback. New. The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen as a result of the impact of globalization. This book represents an effort to conserve the information we have about languages threatened with extinction, an effort that is not only imperative but a race against time.
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  • Title Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages
  • Author Christopher Moseley
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition 1 Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 688
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2010-01-04
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780415563314
  • ISBN 9780415563314 / 0415563313
  • Weight 2.37 lbs (1.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.61 x 6.69 x 1.38 in (24.41 x 16.99 x 3.51 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Endangered languages, Reference works
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2021395687
  • Dewey Decimal Code 409

From the publisher

The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen particularly in the past decade, as a result of the impact of globalization. This book appears as an answer to a felt need: to catalogue and describe those languages, making up the vast majority of the world's six thousand or more distinct tongues, which are in danger of disappearing within the next few decades.

Endangerment is a complex issue, and the reasons why so many of the world's smaller, less empowered languages are not being passed on to future generations today are discussed in the book's introduction. The introduction is followed by regional sections, each authored by a notable specialist, combining to provide a comprehensive listing of every language which, by the criteria of endangerment set out in the introduction, is likely to disappear within the next few decades. These languages make up ninety per cent of the world's remaining language stocks.

The Encyclopedia therefore provides in a single resource: expert analysis of the current language policy situation in every multilingual country and on every continent, detailed descriptions of little-known languages from all over the world, and clear alphabetical entries, region by region, of all the world's languages currently thought to be in danger of extinction.

The Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages will be a necessary addition to all academic linguistics collections and will be a useful resource for a range of readers with an interest in development studies, cultural heritage and international affairs.

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2010, Page 236

About the author

Christopher Moseley has recently retired from two decades spent covering Baltic affairs for BBC Monitoring, part of the BBC World Service. He now works as a freelance translator and editor, with a particular lifelong interest in the languages and literatures of the Baltic and Nordic areas. He is the editor of the Journal of the Foundation for Endangered Languages. His other books include Atlas of the World's Languages (Routledge, 2007), Colloquial Latvian (Routledge, 1996) and Colloquial Estonian (Routledge, 1994).