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Publication details [#46587]

Saxena, Anju and Lars Borin, eds. 2006. Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia. Status and Policies, Case Studies and Applications of Information Technology. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 175). De Gruyter. VIII+386 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

globalization | language dominance | language shift | minority language

Language as a subject

English | Languages, South Asian

Annotation

This reader deals with the question how the language situation in South Asia will be influenced by globalization and modern information and communication technologies, i.e. whether cultural and linguistic diversity will be reinforced or whether smaller and lesser known languages will just be weakened.