Endangered language families

Language

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-173

  Whalen, D H ^a   Simons, Gary F ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Graduate Institute Of Applied Linguistics And Sil International   (United States)

Author keywords

Endangered languages; Language diversity; Language families; Language stocks; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858783740     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2012.0012     Document Type: Article

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