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Language death

Index of SIL publications on Language death listed by country.

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General works

• Cahill, Mike. 2003. Review of: Language death and language maintenance: theoretical, practical, and descriptive approach, Mark Janse and Sijmen Tol, editors.  
• Diamond, Jared. 1994. "Speaking with a single tongue."
• Franklin, Karl J. 1995. Review of: The Celtic languages, by Donald MacAulay, editor.
• Grimes, Barbara F. 2001. "Global language viability."
• Grimes, Joseph E. 1995. "Language endangerment in the Pacific."
• Malone, Dennis. 2000. Review of: Investigating obsolescence: studies in language contraction and death, Nancy Dorian, editor.  
• Unseth, Pete. 2000. Review of: Language death, by David Crystal.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Ethiopia

• Ahland, Michael Bryan. 2004. Language death in Mesmes: a sociolinguistic and historical-comparative examination of a disappearing language.

Americas

Brazil

• Cahill, Michael. 2004. "From endangered to less endangered: case histories from Brazil and Papua New Guinea."  

Grenada

• Ferreira, Jo-Anne and David Holbrook. 2002. "Are they dying? The case of some French-lexifier creoles."

Peru

• Gibson, Michael L. 1996. El Munichi: Un idioma que se extingue.  
• Wise, Mary Ruth. 2005. "Apuntes sobre las lenguas Záparos—familia que se extingue."

Trinidad and Tobago

• Ferreira, Jo-Anne and David Holbrook. 2002. "Are they dying? The case of some French-lexifier creoles."
• Ferreira, Jo-Anne Sharon. 1999. The Portuguese language in Trinidad and Tobago: a study of language shift and language death.
• Huttar, George. 1999. Review of: Trinidad Yoruba: from mother tongue to memory, by Maureen Warner-Lewis.

United States

• Ferreira, Jo-Anne and David Holbrook. 2002. "Are they dying? The case of some French-lexifier creoles."

Venezuela

• Ferreira, Jo-Anne S. 2009. "The history and future of Patuá in Paria: report on initial language revitalization efforts for French creole in Venezuela."

Asia

Indonesia

• Grimes, Barbara F. 2002. "Kecenderungan bahasa untuk hidup atau mati secara global (global language viability): sebab, gejala, dan pemulihan untuk bahasa-bahasa yang terancam punah."

Nepal

• Toba, Sueyoshi. 2000. "The Kusunda language revisited after 30 years."
• Watters, Stephen. 2002. "Language death: a review and an examination of the global issue in the Nepalese context."

Pakistan

• Willson, Stephen R. 2003. "National treasures in danger."

Philippines

• Headland, Thomas N. 2003. "Thirty endangered languages in the Philippines."  

Thailand

• Malone, Danis. 2005. "Where do we go from here? The challenge and prospects of language revitalization in South East Asia."

Pacific

French Polynesia

• Rutter, Kenji Lawrence. 2006. "Going French, going Tahitian: the Tahitianization of French Polynesia."  

Papua New Guinea

• Cahill, Michael. 2004. "From endangered to less endangered: case histories from Brazil and Papua New Guinea."  
• Clifton, John M. 1994. "Stable multilingualism in a small language group: The case of Kaki Ae."