Atlas of the world's languages in danger/ editor-in-Chief, Christopher Moseley; cartographer, Alexandre Nicolas.
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TextSeries: Memory of peoples seriesPublication details: Paris: UNESCO, 2010Description: 154 p.: col. maps 31 cm. + 1 map (86 x 119 cm.)ISBN: 9789231040955; 9231040952Subject(s): Language obsolescence -- Maps | Extinct languages -- Maps | Langage et langues -- Disparition -- Atlas | Langues mortes -- Atlas | Atlas -- Disparition -- Distribution -- Langage -- Langue -- Linguistique -- Localisation -- Monde -- Voie -- -DDC classification: 402.23 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University Reference | Reference Collection | 402.23 MOS/A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | P17473 |
Previously published in 1996 and 2001 under title, Atlas of the world's languages in danger of disappearing.
Previous title: Water in a changing world.
"The project was ably managed at UNESCO by my colleagues in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Section"--P. 13.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Partial contents Introduction / Christopher Moseley -- Cartographic representation of the world's endangered languages / Christopher Moseley -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Matthias Brenzinger and Herman Batibo -- North Africa and the Middle East / Salem Mezhoud and Yamina El Kirat El Allame -- Europe and the Caucasus / Tapani Salminen -- Western and Central Asia / Hakim Elnazarov -- North-east Asia / Juha Janhunen -- India and the Himalayan chain / Stuart Blackburn and Jean Robert Opgenort -- South-East Asia, southern China and Talwan (China) / David Bradley -- Greater Pacific area / Darrell T. Tryon -- Australia / Michael Walsh -- South America / Willem Adelaar -- South America : Andean region / Marleen Haboud -- Mexico and Central America / Yolanda Lastra -- United States of America / Chris Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell -- Canada and Greenland / Mary Jane Norris.
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