Chapter I Language Endangerment:Descriptions and Analyses 1.Mapping Endangered Languages of the Pacific: Cases Studies in Taiwan of China, Orchid Island and the Batanes 2.A Sketch Introduction of Sakizaya 3.Structural Decline in Endangered Languages as Exemplified by Structural Changes in Southern Tujia 4."Endangered Dialects" in Tibetan: a Case of Eastern Khams Vernaculars 5.A Description of Endangered Phonemic Oppositions in Yongning Na (Mosuo) 6.New Data on the Socio-Linguistic Situation in Minor Pamiri communities 7.Endangered languages in Africa: Focus on Tanzania's Ngasa and Akie 8.Saami Languages in Finland and Russia after One and a Half Century Chapter 2 Language Maintenance:Documentation and Preservation 9.The Use of Sound Archives for the Study and Teaching of Endangered Languages 10.Language Policy, Endangered Languages Research and Teaching Experience in the Russian Federation 11.Endangered Languages Documentation and Description: Should these Activities be Separated? 12.Globalization and Language Preservation--A case study of Naxi 13.A Case Study of Language Heritage Maintenance 14.The Maintenance of Written Hani and Resilience Thinking--A Case Study of the Hanitanlan Website 15.Using Information Technology to Salvage and Protect Nu Shu Appendix Academic Session on Issues of Language Endangerment at the XVIth IUAES Congress 2009
