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Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide (2021)
Book
Olko, J., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2021). Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108641142

Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a number of factors, including globalization, education policies, and the political, economic... Read More about Revitalizing Endangered Languages: A Practical Guide.

Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization (2014)
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Austin, P., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2014). Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization. Oxford University Press: British Academy. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265765.001.0001

Over the few past centuries, and the last 65 years in particular, there has been a tremendous reduction in global linguistic diversity, as people abandon minority language varieties and switch to larger and what they perceive to be more economically,... Read More about Endangered Languages: Beliefs and Ideologies in Language Documentation and Revitalization.

Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages (2011)
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Austin, P., & Sallabank, J. (Eds.). (2011). Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511975981

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic dive... Read More about Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages.