Australian National University: Islands are Engines of Linguistic Diversity, Study Shows
September 06, 2024
September 06, 2024
CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Australian National University issued the following news release:
Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.
Although accounting for a tiny proportion of the world's land mass, islands have had a disproportionately large impa . . .
Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.
Although accounting for a tiny proportion of the world's land mass, islands have had a disproportionately large impa . . .