Linguistics & Language · Endangered & World Languages
A topic within Endangered & World Languages, itself one of 8 topics in that field and part of Linguistics & Language.
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UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages
Sets out nine factors, from intergenerational transmission to community attitudes, for judging how endangered a language is, giving revitalisation programmes a shared framework instead of an impressionistic judgement.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Gabriela Pérez Báez, Rachel Vogel & Uia Patolo
Reports a mixed-methods survey of 245 language revitalization efforts worldwide and finds that programs concentrate heavily on classroom language teaching relative to intergenerational transmission at home, with sustained funding and institutional endorsement standing out as the strongest predictors of a program's survival.