This book is a collection of essas written by scholars from Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and India. It is a compendium on the depleting linguistic diversity, loss of oral cultures, erosion of indigenous knowledge system, and the widening gap between dominant and dominated languages which has created a situation of linguistic apartheid in this part of the world. Interestingly, these essays also reveal that despite globalization some communities have managed to retain their languages, which must now be sustained and treasured and not allowed to die out.

ISBN 13: 9789391144180

ISBN 10: 9391144187

Year: 2022

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: xx+352p., (6)fig., (8)b/w illus., (3)maps., bib., ind., 25cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Sociology