Encyclopedia of the world's endangered languages
By: edited by Christopher Moseley.
Contributors: Moseley, Christopher.
Series: Curzon language family series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 669
ISBN-13: 9780700711970
Subjects: Language and languages -- Encyclopedias.; Language attrition -- Encyclopedias.; Linguistic minorities -- Encyclopedias.
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen as a result of the impact of globalization. This book attempts 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.