Mithun estimates that at least 300 distinct languages may have been spoken in North America on the eve of European contact. Of these, many disappeared without being adequately recorded or were not recorded at all. Of those that remained long enough to be documented in some appreciable detail, Goddard (I996: 3) lists I20 as already extinct by the mid I990s, and 72 as spoken by only a handful of elderly speakers. Of the remaining languages, 91 are no longer being learned naturally by children, and only 46 are still currently spoken by appreciable numbers of people of all ages. To this Mithun adds precise detail as to the exact number of speakers still extant, though unfortunately even her numbers are now probably a bit optimistic in some case...
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Most studies of child language acquisition up till now have focused on Indo-European or the major la...
One of the least remarked aspects of the Mongol conquest is the dissemination of Mongolic languages ...
As its editors note, this collection is the first work on language ideology especially devoted to Na...
Review of We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Co...
Let’s Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa’ Kilanompoli’ is a landmark achievement in Chickasaw language...
The prologue to this collection indicates the contributors\u27 enthusiasm. The quality of some paper...
Book review. Reviewed book: Güldemann, Tom & McConvell, Patrick & Rhodes, Richard A. (eds.): The lan...
This wide-ranging volume, appropriately dedicated to the pioneering linguist and tireless teacher of...
Building upon the best tradition of missionary-inspired descriptive linguistic work fostered in conn...
REVIEW: Among the endangered languages of the world, few are more endangered than those spoken by sm...
Maipure is an Arawakan language that became extinct before the end of the eighteenth century. Former...
In the current context of reconciliation between the Native peoples and the government of Canada, th...
These two weighty volumes actually go far in showcasing the world\u27s linguistic diversity, both pa...
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of Native North American languages. These seve...
This volume on Inuit speech follows the evolution of a native language of the North American Arctic,...
Most studies of child language acquisition up till now have focused on Indo-European or the major la...
One of the least remarked aspects of the Mongol conquest is the dissemination of Mongolic languages ...
As its editors note, this collection is the first work on language ideology especially devoted to Na...
Review of We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Co...
Let’s Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa’ Kilanompoli’ is a landmark achievement in Chickasaw language...
The prologue to this collection indicates the contributors\u27 enthusiasm. The quality of some paper...
Book review. Reviewed book: Güldemann, Tom & McConvell, Patrick & Rhodes, Richard A. (eds.): The lan...