The Vitality and Endangerment of the Western Shoshone Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15068671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miroslav Černý (0000-0003-0384-8974, University of Ostrava, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-69 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnologia Actualis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1339-7834 • E-ISSN: 1339-7877 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/eas-2021-0003 |
| OpenAlex | W3142920064 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Shoshone, the northernmost Uto-Aztecan language, originally spoken in the area of the Great Basin (U.S.), has been frequently reported as threatened. In his paper, the author presents a vitality assessment of the Western dialect of the Shoshone language based on the methodology which stems from the UNESCO Ad Hoc Expert Group on Endangered Languages . He takes into account UNESCO′s nine factors in order to determine the degree of language vitality and endangerment for Western Shoshone and to outline strategies which might help to revitalize the language in the future
Endangered species · Ethnohistory · Geography · Linguistics · Sociology · Threatened species · Vitality · Anthropology · Demography · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education · Latin American history and culture · Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |