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Atlas on Endangered Languages
URL: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=7856&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Description:
The "information collected on a large number of endangered languages in all parts of the world is now available online starting with the map of the African continent." Includes information about endangered, moribund, and extinct languages. Browsable by language or location. Includes link to the 2003 "Language Vitality and Endangerment Paper." From United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Publisher:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Extra Keywords
Endangered languages Multilingualism in Cyberspace

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Extinct languages
Language and languages
Language and languages -- Maps
Language obsolescence

LII Database Information:
Record 14288 created by Maria Brandt on 05/16/2005
Last modification on 04/06/2009
Published: 05/16/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/14288