When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge

1. A World of Many (Fewer) Voices 2. An Extinction of (ideas about) Species 3. Many Moons Ago: Traditional Calendars and Time-Reckoning Case Study: Urban Nomads of Mongolia 4. An Atlas in the Mind Case Study: Wheel of Fortune, and a Blessing 5. Silent Storytellers, Lost Legends Case Study: New Rice vs. Old Knowledge 6. Counting to Twenty on your Toes Case Study: The Leaf-Cup People, India's Modern Primitives 7. Worlds within Words Bibliography Index

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Keywords: Mongolia, Storytellers, Lost Legends