Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781280473555 (128047355X)
Publish date: January 1st 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition language: English
A well written and informative book that adresses one of the more underappreciated problems of the world of today: Language Death. At least 50% and according to some as much as 90% of the world's ca. 6.000 languages are in danger of dying out during the 21st century.The book sheds clear light on the...