Terralingua’s Biocultural E-Magazine Focuses on Key Issues of Linguistic Diversity

What is lin­guis­tic diver­sity, and why is it so impor­tant?  The cur­rent issue of Terralingua’s E-Magazine, Langscape, “The Case for Lin­guis­tic Diver­sity”, sheds light on these ques­tions and illu­mi­nates them with new insights.  This issue intro­duces our read­ers to one of Terralingua’s inno­v­a­tive projects, the Index of Lin­guis­tic Diver­sity (ILD), and pro­vides a com­pre­hen­sive com­pan­ion to the work of ILD devel­op­ers David Har­mon and Jonathan Loh.

“If lin­guis­tic diver­sity is part and par­cel of the diver­sity of life in nature and cul­ture, then any loss in lin­guis­tic diver­sity is a loss in the vital­ity and resilience of the whole web of life.” Luisa Maffi, from Intro­duc­tion to Langscape 8.

The Issue is avail­able for down­load at the link below.

Lang_II_8 2011-09 The case for lin­guis­tic diversity