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 n

This book is about the theory and practice of assistance to speech-communities whose native languages are threatened because their intergenerational continuity

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 s

With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading, while thousands others are disappear