The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim

This book presents the first comprehensive survey of the languages of the Pacific rim, a vast region containing the greatest typological and genetic diversity in the world. It includes the littoral regions of North and South America, Australasia, east and south-east Asia, and Japan, as well as the Pacific itself. As its languages decline and disappear, sometimes without trace, this rich linguistic heritage is rapidly eroding.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019926662X
• ISBN13: 9780199266623
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.7"