Global distribution and drivers of language extinction risk

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 281; no. 1793; p. 20141574
• Main Authors: Amano, Tatsuya, Sandel, Brody, Eager, Heidi, Bulteau, Edouard, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Dalsgaard, Bo, Rahbek, Carsten, Davies, Richard G., Sutherland, William J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 22.10.2014
• Subjects: Conservation of Natural Resources; Cultural Conservation; Cultural Diversity; Endangered Languages; Extinction, Biological; Human Ecology; Humans; Language; Language Conservation; Macroecology; Population Density; Risk; human ecology; macroecology; language conservation; cultural diversity; cultural conservation; endangered languages

Many of the world's languages face serious risk of extinction. Efforts to prevent this cultural loss are severely constrained by a poor understanding of the geographical patterns and drivers of extinction risk. We quantify the global distribution of language extinction risk—represented by small...