Foreword; Editors' Note; Chapter 1 Language Diversity in the Pacific: Endangerment and Survival: An Overview; Chapter 2 The World Languages Review: Some Data; Chapter 3 Naming Languages, Drawing Language Boundaries and Maintaining Languages with Special Reference to the Linguistic Situation in Papua New Guinea; Chapter 4 Obstacles to Creating an Inventory of Languages in Indonesia: A Dialectology Perspective; Chapter 5 Keeping Track of Indigenous Language Endangerment in Australia; Chapter 6 Papua New Guinea's Languages: Will They Survive?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The Southwest Pacific from Southern China through Indonesia, Australia and the Pacific Islands constitutes the richest linguistic region of the world. Some of its languages have already been lost; many more are under threat. This book tries to describe the languages that exist today and suggests policies that will support their maintenance.
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Ingram Content Group
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31949781853598685
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Title
Language diversity in the Pacific.
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1853598674
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Bilingualism & multilingualism.
Language and languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Alphabets & Writing Systems.