Global predictors of language endangerment and the future of linguistic diversity
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Bromham, Lindell; Dinnage, Russell; Skirgård, Hedvig; Ritchie, Andrew; Cardillo, Marcel; Meakins, Felicity; Greenhill, Simon; Hua, Xia
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Language diversity is under threat. While each language is subject to specific social, demographic and political pressures, there may also be common threatening processes. We use an analysis of 6,511 spoken languages with 51 predictor variables spanning aspects of population, documentation, legal recognition, education policy, socioeconomic indicators and environmental features to show that, counter to common perception, contact with other languages per se is not a driver of language loss....[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2022 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/289843 |
Source: | Nature Ecology & Evolution |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41559-021-01604-y |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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