Key to endangered languages hotspots:
1. NW Pacific Plateau -- Canada
2. Oklahoma - SW USA
3. S Mexico
4. Northern S America Atlantic coast
5. Colombia W Amazon
6. Andes central W Amazon
7. N Argentina - S Brazil
8. W Africa - Cameroon
9. SW Africa -- Namibia, South Africa, Botswana
10. NE Africa - Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia
11. Caucasus
12. Central Siberia
13. E Siberia
14. Assam - Burma
15. N Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
16. N Vietnam - S China
17. W Malaysia
18. E Malaysia - Sabah, Sarawak
19. N Philippines
20. E Indonesia - W Papua
21. E Papua New Guinea
22. N Australia
Map of Endangered Language Hotspots
This map is an adaptation of Language Hotspots developed by Dr. Greg Anderson and Dr. David Harrison of the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. It is proposed as a new way to look at the distribution of global linguistic diversity, to assess the threat of extinction, and to prioritise research. They define Hotspots as concentrated regions of the world having the highest level of linguistic diversity, the highest levels of endangerment, and the least-studied languages. Hotspots take into account the number of language families represented in an area to calculate linguistic diversity. For further information about Language Hotspots see http://www.livingtongues.org/hotspots.html.
1000 Languages is published by Thames and Hudson and University of California Press