Archive for March 2009
UNESCO Interactive Atlas
Currently, the UNESCO work with languages in danger is increasing each month. Today I write down some information about an amazing tool: an Atlas on line [here] that can saw you near 2.500 languages endangered all around the world. It’s been a hard work started in 2002 – 2003 by a group of 30 linguists and leaded by Christopher Moseley.
You can also download a map [here] with all of them (but without information, only with their names, the level of danger and the approximate location) and -only an idea- you can print it and hang it in your class or office, it doesn’t matter, I’ll be perfect and very useful!
I’ve found more maps like this [here, from Linguamón] with not much differences but also very useful -for example, in this case, languages are painted-.
And, on the other hand, the UNESCO courier (2009, n. 2) speaks about the link between endangered languages and endangered thought with 5 interesting articles [here]… Great job!
