Language data and maps
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Yuri Koryakov
Abstract
The maps and data in this chapter give an overall picture of the demographics and social status of the languages discussed in the present volume. In the 1st table, each language mentioned in the book is provided with basic genealogical, sociolinguistic and demographic data. The more complicated cases are detailed in the followed sections. Three maps show the distribution of the same languages and their ranking according to the following parameters: (1) number of speakers; (2) genealogical classification; (3) levels of endangerment and official status.
Abstract
The maps and data in this chapter give an overall picture of the demographics and social status of the languages discussed in the present volume. In the 1st table, each language mentioned in the book is provided with basic genealogical, sociolinguistic and demographic data. The more complicated cases are detailed in the followed sections. Three maps show the distribution of the same languages and their ranking according to the following parameters: (1) number of speakers; (2) genealogical classification; (3) levels of endangerment and official status.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Nominal borrowings in Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Daghestanian, Georgia) and their gender assignment 15
- Lexical convergence reflects complex historical processes 35
- The ideological background of language change in Permic-speaking communities 59
- Enets-Russian language contact 85
- Izhma Komi in Western Siberia 119
- From head-final towards head-initial grammar 143
- Russian influence on Surgut Khanty and Estonian aspect is limited but similar 183
- Quotative indexes in Permic 217
- Some structural similarities in the outcomes of language contact with Russian 259
- Why do two Uralic languages (Surgut Khanty and Erzya) use different code-switching strategies? 289
- Analyzing Modern Chinese Pidgin Russian 315
- The choice of forms in contact varieties 345
- Language data and maps 369
- Languages & language families 381
- Subject index 383
