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Direct linkNicholas, Sheilah E. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2010
Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine in "Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages" state that indigenous peoples represent about 4 percent of the world's population but speak at least 60 percent of the world's languages. They point out the reality of an ominous linguistic crisis of global proportions--languages die and continue to…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Self Concept, Indigenous Populations, Language Skill Attrition
