Endangered and Marginalized Languages in East and Southeast Asia
Shoichi Iwasaki · William O'Grady
Sep 2026 · BRILL
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East and Southeast Asia are home to remarkable linguistic diversity, yet this diversity is increasingly under threat as political, economic, cultural, and other social transformations reshape the region. This volume brings together two introductory chapters and ten country-focused studies—covering Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia—to identify patterns of language endangerment and marginalization, and to showcase ongoing revitalization efforts. A distinctive feature of the book is its use of Lee and Van Way’s (2016) Language Endangerment Index (LEI), which provides a common framework for balanced comparison across the communities examined.
East and Southeast Asia are home to remarkable linguistic diversity, yet this diversity is increasingly under threat as political, economic, cultural, and other social transformations reshape the region. This volume brings together two introductory chapters and ten country-focused studies—coverin...
About the author
Shoichi Iwasaki, Ph.D. (1988), UCLA, is Professor Emeritus of Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA. He has published monographs and many articles on Asian linguistics covering Japanese, Thai and Ryukyuan. His monograph includes A Reference Grammar of Thai (Cambridge University Press, 2005). William O’Grady, PhD (1978), University of Chicago, is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He has published widely on a variety of topics, including syntax, language acquisition, language revitalization, and Jejueo, an endangered language in Korea.
Shoichi Iwasaki, Ph.D. (1988), UCLA, is Professor Emeritus of Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA. He has published monographs and many articles on Asian linguistics covering Japanese, Thai and Ryukyuan. His monograph includes A Reference Grammar of Thai (Cambridge University Press, 2005). William O...
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