Chapter 1 Language Endangerment:Descriptions and Analyses 3
1.Mapping Endangered Languages of the Pacific:Cases Studies in Taiwan of China,Orchid Island and the Batanes&David Blundell 3
2.A Sketch Introduction of Sakizaya&Lin Melissa Shih-hui 21
3.Structural Decline in Endangered Languages as Exemplified by Structural Changes in Southern Tujia&Xu Shixuan,Cecilia Brassett 33
4."Endangered Dialects"in Tibetan:a Case of Eastern Khams Vernaculars&Suzuki Hiroyuki 47
5.A Description of Endangered Phonemic Oppositions in Yongning Na(Mosuo)&Alexis Michaud,Latami Dashi 55
6.New Data on the Socio-Linguistic Situation in Minor Pamiri communities&Leila Rahimovna Dodykhudoeva 72
7.Endangered languages in Africa:Focus on Tanzania's Ngasa and Akie&Karsten Legère 89
8.Saami Languages in Finland and Russia after One and a Half Century&Tatjana Agranat 102
Chapter 2 Language Maintenance:Documentation and Preservation 109
9.The Use of Sound Archives for the Study and Teaching of Endangered Languages&Tjeerd de Graaf 109
10.Language Policy,Endangered Languages Research and Teaching Experience in the Russian Federation&Ljubov Radnaeva 129
11.Endangered Languages Documentation and Description:Should these Activities be Separated?&Olga Kazakevich 136
12.Globalization and Language Preservation—A case study of Naxi&Zhao Qinglian 155
13.A Case Study of Language Heritage Maintenance&Bai Bibo 172
14.The Maintenance of Written Hani and Resilience Thinking—A Case Study of the Hanitanlan Website&Xu Xianming 185
15.Using Information Technology to Salvage and Protect NüShu&Zhu Zongxiao,Wang Jiangqing 195