SIL Electronic Working Papers
SILEWP 1999-006

: Author: Michael Cahill
Title: From Endangered to Less Endangered: Case Histories from Brazil and Papua New Guinea
Keywords: language maintenance, sociolinguistics, Brazil, Papua New Guinea
Abstract:
This article examines various factors in the revitalization of several endangered languages of Brazil and Papua New Guinea in which the people were in imminent danger of dying out as a group. Among these factors were access to consistent medical care and a heightened self-respect.
Paper: See SILEWP 2004-004

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