The rapid decline in the world's linguistic diversity has prompted the emergence of documentary linguistics. While documentary linguistics aims primarily at cre

This volume represents part of an unprecedented and still growing effort to advance, coordinate and disseminate the scientific documentation of endangered langu

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s

Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a n

In almost every part of the world, minority languages are threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered