Endangered Languages of the Caucasus and Beyond. (Languages of Asia, 15) (English and Turkish Edition)

According to UNESCO, it is believed that at least half of the nearly 7,000 languages spoken around the world will cease to be used within the next 100 years. If this issue is neglected, people will lose not only their cultural heritage but also invaluable understandings about the history of all humankind. 'Endangered Languages of the Caucasus and Beyond' includes the manuscripts of 19 papers that were presented at the 1st International CUA Conference on Endangered Languages, organized by the Caucasus University Association (CUA), at Ardahan, Turkey, on 13 to 16 October 2014. The articles address issues such as the state of the field of documentation, conservation and revitalization of endangered languages with special reference to the endangered languages in the Caucasus region and beyond Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Chapter 1 Consequences of Russian Linguistic Hegemony in (Post-)Soviet Colonial Space......Page 10 Chapter 2 The Contacts between the Ossetians and the Karachay-Balkars, According to V. I. Abaev and Marrian Ideology......Page 26 Chapter 3 Why Caucasian Languages?......Page 48 Chapter 4 International Research Collaboration on Documentation and Revitalization of Endangered Turkic Languages in Ukraine: Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karaim, Qrymchak and Urum Experience......Page 60 Chapter 5 Cases-Non-cases: At the Margins of the Tsezic Case System......Page 69 Chapter 6 Language Endangerment in the Balkans with Some Comparisons to the Caucasus......Page 88 Chapter 7 Instilling Pride by Raising a Language’s Prestige......Page 100 Chapter 8 Unwritten Minority Languages of Daghestan: Statusand Conservation Issues......Page 107 Chapter 9 Report on the Fieldwork Studies of the Endangered Turkic Languages......Page 117 Chapter 10 Empire, Lingua Franca, Vernacular: The Rootsof Endangerment......Page 131 Chapter 11 Endangered Turkic Languages from China......Page 144 Chapter 12 The Death of a Language: The Case of Ubykh......Page 160 Chapter 13 Diversity in Dukhan Reindeer Terminology1......Page 175 Chapter 14 How Much Udi is Udi?......Page 196 Chapter 15 Language Contact in Anatolia: The Case of Sason Arabic......Page 218 Chapter 16 Language and Emergent Literacy in Svaneti......Page 235 Chapter 17 The Internet as a Tool for Language Development and Maintenance? The Case of Megrelian......Page 253 Chapter 18 Linguistic Topography and Language Survival......Page 267 Chapter 19 And So Flows History......Page 284 Index......Page 298 Edited By Ramazan Korkmaz And Gürkan Doğan. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.