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Information about what an endangered language is What is an endangered language?

Language endangerment, or the threat of impending language loss, is loss that is not something that can be defined as a black or white. Instead there are different stages which we can look at in order to see what the current status of a language is. Renowned sociolinguist Joshua Fishman wrote an outline for 8 stages which he considered to be the eight different stages of endangerment in which a language could fall.
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Editor's picks Editor's Picks

Worldfocus special correspondent Lynn Sherr and producer Megan Thompson highlight Mexicos attempt to preserve the past by speaking ancient languages in the present tense.
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The Linguists, the movie
The Linguists is a film following the linguists K. David Harrison and Greg Anderson in their travels across the world documenting languages on the verge of disparition.

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Nicholas Evans, Dying Words

Read the review of "Dying Words", by Nicholas Evans.


Upcoming deadlines Upcoming Deadlines

April 20, 2009: Request for proposals, Endangered Languages Fund
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June 17-18 2009: 4th Conference on Austronesian Languages and Linguistics. Abstracts due January 23.
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