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Language diversity endangered / edited by Matthias Brenzinger. - Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007. - xvii, 454 p. : maps ; 24 cm. - Trends in linguistics. 181 1861-4302 ; .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Classification and terminology for degrees of language endangerment / Threatened languages in Hispanic South America / Endangered languages of lowland tropical South America / Endangered languages of Mexico and Central America / Endangered languages in USA and Canada / Language endangerment in Northern Africa / Endangered languages in West Africa / Endangered languages in Central Africa / Language endangerment in Southern and Eastern Africa / Endangered languages in Europe / Language endangerment in the CIS / Endangered languages of the Middle East / Language endangerment in China and mainland Southeast Asia / Endangered languages of South Asia / Warramurrungunji undon : Australian languages in the 51st millennium / Threatened languages in the Western Pacific Area from Taiwan to, and including, Papua New Guinea / The languages of the Pacific region : the Austronesian languages of Oceania / Michael Krauss -- Willem F. H. Adelaar -- Denny Moore -- Colette Grinevald -- Akira Yamamoto -- Matthias Brenzinger -- Roger Blench -- Bruce Connell -- Matthias Brenzinger -- Tapani Salminen -- Olga Kazakevich and Aleksandr Kibrik -- Jonathan Owens -- David Bradley -- George van Driem -- Nicholas Evans -- Stephen A. Wurm -- Darrell Tryon.




Electronic reproduction.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
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ISBN: 9783110170498 (hc. : alk. paper) 3110170493 (hc. : alk. paper) 9783110170504 (pbk. : alk. paper) 3110170507 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006035522

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Language attrition.

LC Class. No.: P40.5 L28 / L36 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 306.44