Encyclopedia of the World''s Endangered Languages

The Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages presents 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. This new edition has been updated to reflect the greater amount of theorizing on language death, endangerment and revitalization from the last decade. Individual chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect changes in speaker numbers, reclassifications and new controversies regarding affiliations.

List of contents

General Introduction, Christopher Moseley List of Maps North America, Victor Golla Latin America1: Meso-America, Willem Adelaar Latin Amertica 2: South America, Mily Crevels Europe and North Asia, Tapani Salminen South Asia and the Middle East, George van Driem East and Southeast Asia, David Bradley Australasia and the Pacific, Stephen Wurm Africa, Gerrit Dimmendaal and Erhard Voeltz Index of Language Names

Summary

The Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages catalogues and describes the language stocks, 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.

Product details

• Authors: Moseley, Christopher Moseley, Christopher (University College London Moseley
• Assisted by: Christopher Moseley (Editor), Moseley Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.12.2025
• EAN: 9781138831926
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83192-6
• No. of pages: 878
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, REFERENCE / General, Anthropology, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, Sociolinguistics, Reference works, Language: reference and general, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Language teaching and learning, Literature: history and criticism