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Endangered language

An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead" or "extinct language". A dead language may still be studied through recordings or writings, but it is still…

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Endangered language

Nodes128
Edges127
Triples383
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015625
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Endangered language

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related to References · 212
Endangered language → Abley, Aboriginal Languages, Academic Press, Akira, American Ethnology Bulletin, American Indian Languages Part, An Evaluation Matrix, Assessing Endangerment, Austin, Australia, Australia State, Australian Journal, Berkeley, Berlin, Boas, CA, California Press, Cambridge, Cambridge Handbook, Cambridge University Press
related to Further reading · 88
Endangered language → Aaron Stein, Adele, April, Archived, Arlington, Azcona, Bibliography, Biocultural Diversity, Constantine, Dallas, Dying Languages, E-MELD, Edinburgh, Electronic Metadata, Elizabeth, Endangered, Endangered Language Resources, Endangered Languages, Endangered Languages Data, Endangered-Languages
related to Organizations · 19
Endangered language → Advance Indigenous Vernaculars, Advocates, AmericaEndangered Languages Documentation ProgrammeDocumenting, Canadian Indigenous Languages Literacy, ConservationSorosoroEnduring Voices Project, Development Institute, Endangered Languages, Endangered LanguagesEndangered Language Alliance, Indigenous California Language SurvivalIndigenous, Language Documentation, Language InstituteInternational Conference, Linguistic Society, National GeographicLiving Tongues Institute, National Science FoundationSociety, New York CityEndangered Languages, ProjectDoBeS Documentation, Savius, United States Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Endangered sign languages · 13
Endangered language → Adamorobe Sign Language, Alipur Village Sign Language, Almost, AVSL, Ban Khor Sign Language, Ghana, However, India, Many, Methods, Plains Indian Sign Language, Thailand, UNESCO
related to Marginalization and endangerment · 8
Endangered language → Among, Cultural, Economic, Historically, Immigrants, Political, Scholars, Speakers
related to Technologies · 8
Endangered language → Breath, First Nations, How, Learn Your Language, Life, Native, NintendoPointers, Recording
related to Response · 7
Endangered language → European Union, It, Language, Linguists, Once, The, UNESCO
has cause · 4
Endangered language → According, Cambridge Handbook, Causes, Endangered Languages
see also · 4
Endangered language → Danger, Languages, Lists, World's Languages

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languages language endangered endangerment speakers communities often linguists spoken linguistic many extinct number also cultural new archived university press may

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globalisationinstance ofThe process of language shift is often influenced by factors0.80text
economic authoritiesinstance ofThe process of language shift is often influenced by factors0.80text
and the perceived prestige of certain languagesinstance ofThe process of language shift is often influenced by factors0.80text
Bretoninstance ofas well as European and Asian minority languages0.80text
Occitaninstance ofas well as European and Asian minority languages0.80text
or Alsatian in Franceinstance ofas well as European and Asian minority languages0.80text
Kurdish in Turkey.Urbanizationinstance ofas well as European and Asian minority languages0.80text
povertyinstance ofSpeakers of endangered languages may themselves come to associate their language with negative values0.80text
illiteracyinstance ofSpeakers of endangered languages may themselves come to associate their language with negative values0.80text
social stigmainstance ofSpeakers of endangered languages may themselves come to associate their language with negative values0.80text
causing them to wish to adopt the dominant language that is associated with socialinstance ofSpeakers of endangered languages may themselves come to associate their language with negative values0.80text
economical progressinstance ofSpeakers of endangered languages may themselves come to associate their language with negative values0.80text

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