A Preliminary Study on the Vitality Ordering of Minority Languages in China

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Author:

Sun Hongkai

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Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Issue:

Vol.2 No.1 (Serial No.2) 2008

Page:

1-13

Date:

2008-10-01

Abstract:

Ordering the minority languages in China in terms of their vitality can help decide what priorities are in securing the most endangered ethnic languages. In view of the actual condition of the Chinese ethnic languages, this paper proposes some corresponding comprehensive indexes and ranks over 100 ethnic languages of China in terms of their vitality.

Key Words:

minority languages in China, endangered languages, language vitality, ordering

DOI:

doi:10.26478/ja2008.2.2.1

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