Jak jazyky vymírají nebo ztrácejí na životnosti a do jaké míry je možné je udržet při životě

Abstract

The article begins by giving the reasons why the number of languages spoken in the world today cannot be ascertained with any precision. It then continues with a survey of the viability of contemporary North American Indian languages. The reasons for the very rapid rate of language death are discussed next, with focus on North American Southwest culture area. The article concludes with some practical pointers for the revitalization of threatened languages.

Keywords

• number of languages
• language death
• North American Indian languages
• languages of the Southwest
• language revitalization