New speakers are an increasingly important aspect of the revitalization of minority languages since, in some cases, they can make up the majority of the languag

Of the approximately 7,000 languages in the world, at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of the twenty-first century. Languages are endangered by a n

Whose voices are taken into account in language policy and planning and whose have been ignored or more actively silenced? This is the central question addresse

In almost every part of the world, minority languages are threatened with extinction. At the same time, dedicated efforts are being made to document endangered

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