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“Language death” as a book category covers works that investigate how and why languages become endangered or fall silent, and what is lost when they do. Books in this area combine sociolinguistics, anthropology, history, and Indigenous studies to explain drivers such as colonization, migration, globalization, assimilationist education and media, and shifting economic pressures. They examine consequences for cultural identity, oral literature, traditional ecological knowledge, and community wellbeing, often through global case studies. Many titles focus on documentation and revitalization—fieldwork, archives, orthography development, community-led schooling, and policy advocacy—while grappling with ethics, ownership, and sustainability. The category spans academic monographs, accessible overviews, ethnographic narratives, and practical handbooks aimed at understanding, preserving, and strengthening linguistic diversity.

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