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Atlas of the world's languages in danger

"Languages are not only tools of communication, they also reflect a view of the world. Languages are vehicles of value systems and cultural expressions and are an essential component of the living heritage of humanity. Yet, many of them are in danger of disappearing. UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger tries to raise awareness on language endangerment. This third edition has been completely revies and expanded to include [a] new series of maps and new points of view."--Cover, p.4
Print Book, English, 2010
3rd ed. entirely revised, enlarged and updated View all formats and editions
Unesco, Paris, 2010
Maps
[63], 154 pages : color maps ; 20 x 31 cm 1 map (86 x 119 cm folded to 29 x 18 cm).
9789231040955, 9789231040962, 9231040952, 9231040960
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Introduction / Christopher Moseley
Cartographic representation of the world's endangered languages / Christopher Moseley
Sub-Saharan Africa / Matthias Brenzinger and Herman Batibo
North Africa and the Middle East / Salem Mezhoud and Yamina El Kirat El Allame
Europe and the Caucasus / Tapani Salminen
Western and Central Asia / Hakim Elnazarov
North-east Asia / Juha Janhunen
India and the Himalayan chain / Stuart Blackburn and Jean Robert Opgenort
South-East Asia, southern China and Talwan (China) / David Bradley
Greater Pacific area / Darrell T. Tryon
Australia / Michael Walsh
South America / Willem Adelaar
South America : Andean region / Marleen Haboud
Mexico and Central America / Yolanda Lastra
United States of America / Chris Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell
Canada and Greenland / Mary Jane Norris
Previously published in 1996 and 2001 under title, Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing
Includes folded map
"The project was ably managed at UNESCO by my colleagues in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section"--Page 13
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