Preserving, Documenting, and Revitalizing Surviving Dialects and Endangered Local Languages

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Nayef J Jomaa Amir Azad Adli Al-Kathiri

Preserving, Documenting, and Revitalizing Surviving Dialects and Endangered Local Languages

Name: Preserving, Documenting, and Revitalizing Surviving Dialects and Endangered Local Languages
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ISBN: 9798337337302

Nayef J Jomaa, Amir Azad Adli Al-Kathiri

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Igi Global Scientific Publishing
11 December 2025

Historical & comparative linguistics; Library, archive & information management

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Preserving, documenting, and revitalizing surviving dialects and endangered local languages safeguards the world's cultural and linguistic diversity. As globalization, migration, and technological dominance accelerate the decline of smaller language communities, expressions of identity, history, and knowledge face extinction. Through documentation, revitalization efforts, and the integration of modern technologies, linguists and local speakers can work together to ensure language preservation. Protecting endangered languages may help to further maintain intellectual heritages and worldviews embedded in everyday languages. Preserving, Documenting, and Revitalizing Surviving Dialects and Endangered Local Languages explores at-risk languages and dialects, mapping the distribution of these languages, delving into their linguistic features, and examining the sociocultural and historical factors contributing to their endangerment. It combines linguistic research with anthropological insights, highlighting ongoing efforts to preserve, document, and revitalize these languages. This book covers topics such as endangered languages, linguistic diversity, and anthropology, and is a useful resource for sociologists, linguists, historians, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

Edited by: Nayef J Jomaa, Amir Azad Adli Al-Kathiri
Imprint: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.161kg
ISBN: 9798337337302
Pages: 600
Publication Date: 11 December 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active