Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Chapter 1. Classification and Terminology for Degrees of Language Endangerment 1
4. Chapter 2. Threatened Languages in Hispanic South America 9
5. Chapter 3. Endangered Languages of Lowland Tropical South America 29
6. Chapter 4. Endangered Languages of Mexico and Central America 59
7. Chapter 5. Endangered Languages in USA and Canada 87
8. Chapter 6. Language Endangerment in Northern Africa 123
9. Chapter 7. Endangered Languages in West Africa 140
10. Chapter 8. Endangered Languages in Central Africa 163
11. Chapter 9. Language Endangerment in Southern and Eastern Africa 179
12. Chapter 10. Endangered Languages in Europe 205
13. Chapter 11. Language Endangerment in the CIS 233
14. Chapter 12. Endangered Languages of the Middle East 263
15. Chapter 13. Language Endangerment in China and Mainland Southeast Asia 278
16. Chapter 14. Endangered Languages of South Asia 303
17. Chapter 15. Warramurrungunji Undone: Australian Languages in the 51st Millennium 342
18. Chapter 16. Threatened Languages in the Western Pacific Area from Taiwan to, and Including, Papua New Guinea 374
19. Chapter 17. The Languages of the Pacific Region: the Austronesian Languages of Oceania 391
20. Backmatter 411