Chapter 1 Language Endangerment:Descriptions and Analyses

1．Mapping Endangered Languages of the Pacific:Cases Studies in Taiwan of China,Orchid Island and the Batanes&David Blundell

2．A Sketch Introduction of Sakizaya&Lin Melissa Shih-hui

3．Structural Decline in Endangered Languages as Exemplified by Structural Changes in Southern Tujia&Xu Shixuan,Cecilia Brassett

4．"Endangered Dialects"in Tibetan:a Case of Eastern Khams Vernaculars&Suzuki Hiroyuki

5．A Description of Endangered Phonemic Oppositions in Yongning Na(Mosuo)&Alexis Michaud,Latami Dashi

6．New Data on the Socio-Linguistic Situation in Minor Pamiri communities&Leila Rahimovna Dodykhudoeva

7．Endangered languages in Africa:Focus on Tanzania's Ngasa and Akie&Karsten Legère

8．Saami Languages in Finland and Russia after One and a Half Century&Tatjana Agranat

Chapter 2 Language Maintenance:Documentation and Preservation

9．The Use of Sound Archives for the Study and Teaching of Endangered Languages&Tjeerd de Graaf

10．Language Policy,Endangered Languages Research and Teaching Experience in the Russian Federation&Ljubov Radnaeva

11．Endangered Languages Documentation and Description:Should these Activities be Separated?&Olga Kazakevich

12．Globalization and Language Preservation—A case study of Naxi&Zhao Qinglian

13．A Case Study of Language Heritage Maintenance&Bai Bibo

14．The Maintenance of Written Hani and Resilience Thinking—A Case Study of the Hanitanlan Website&Xu Xianming

15．Using Information Technology to Salvage and Protect NüShu&Zhu Zongxiao,Wang Jiangqing