FEL XIII: Content of the Conference Proceedings
| PREFACE | |
| Hakim Elnazarov and Nicholas Ostler | Endangered Languages and History |
| KEYNOTE | |
| Nicholas Ostler | The Pedigree of Nations: Endangered Languages’ Value to History |
| SECTION 1 | Historical Sources in Language Preservation |
| Olga Kazakevich | Community history against a background of the history of Russia reflected in life stories of the Ket, Selkup, and Evenki |
| Tjeerd de Graaf | The Use of Historical Documents and Sound Recordings for the Study and Safeguarding of Endangered Languages |
| Leila Dodykhudoeva and Vladimir Ivanov | Data Elicitation in Endangered Pamiri communities: Interdependence of Language and History |
| McKenna Brown | Who Owns the Mayan Apocalypse? Identity Claims in El 13 B'atkun by Gaspar Pedro Gonzalez |
| SECTION 2 | Identity and Language Shift |
| Cassie Smith-Christmas | Gaelic History, Identity, and Language Shift |
| Inayatullah Faizi | Religion as a Tool of Social Domination: Case Study of Kalasha from Chitral, Northern Pakistan |
| Elbon Hojibekov | The use of Shughni language in Ghoron of Ishkashim district of Badakshan and the causes of its demise. Корбурди забони шуцнони дар Цорони Бадахшони Тоьикистон ва сабабыои аз байн рафтани он: Таылили этно-лингвисти |
| Vlada Baranova | Deportation and Language Identity in Kalmykia |
| SECTION 3 | Language and State: Past and Present |
| Dörte Borchars | The career of endangered languages in Nepal’s young democracy |
| Gaybullah Babayarov and Andrey Kubatin | The role of Sogdian language in the Western Turkic Qaghanate Роль согдийского языка в Западно-Тюркском каганате |
| Shahnaz Hunzai | Economic Ascendancy and Cultural Dominance in the Northern Areas: A Threat to the Existence of Burushaski |
| Khushnazar Pomirzod | Shughni Language as a Language of a Khayani Tribe in Avesto zabān-e šugnāni (xụgnōni) zabān-e qabīle xayāni yād šode dar avestā |
| SECTION 4 | Historical Perspective on Language Shift |
| Gwendolyn Hyslop and Karma Tshering | The Tasha-Sili Language of Bhutan: a case study in language shift and Bhutanese pre-history |
| Maya David | The Importance of a Historical Perspective in Language Shift Studies: Focus on Minority Indian Communities in Kuching, Malaysia |
| Logan Sutton | Kiowa-Tanoan: What’s in the Hyphen? |
| Vincent Wintermans | An Early Attempt to Prepare a Global Strategy for Endangered Languages: CIPL, IIIC and the 'primitive languages in process of extinction' (1928-1929) |
| Michael Walsh | The rise and fall of GIDS in accounts of language endangerment |
| Boghshoh Lashkarbekov | The Influence of the Global and Migration Processes on the Destiny of the Pamiri Languages and the People of Pamir Влияние исторических миграционных и глобализационных процессов на судьбу памирских языков и малых народов Памира |
| SECTION 5 | Endangered Language as Historical Source |
| Paolo Coluzzi | Language vitality and “historical presence” |
| Joy Edelman | Reflection of History of the People of Pamir in the Pamiri Languages Отражение в памирских языках истории народов Памира |
| Sulaiman Nuristani | Historical Development of the Languages and Culture of the People of Nuristan, Afghanistan qadāmat-e tārīxi-e zabān wa kaltūr-e mardom-e nūristān |
| SECTION 8 | OPEN SESSION: Reflection of Pamiri Languages in the Customs and Literary Traditions of People of Badakhshan |
| Saifiddin Mirzoev | Yaghnob is My Motherland and Sughdi is My Language Яѓноб мењаним хастї зивоким суѓдї (Яѓноб ватанам аст, забонам суѓдї) |
| La'ljuba Mirzohasanov | Historical and Educational Values of Folk Songs in Pamiri (Shughni) Language – Арзишыои таърихи- маърифатии сурудыои маросими ва цайримаросимии помири (шуцнони) |
| Zarifa Nazarova, and Nazar Nazarov | Language Situation in the Western Pamir: Case of Linguistic Materials on the Endangerment of Ishkashimi Language - Вазъи Забонҳои Помири Ғарби: Хатари азбайнравии Забони Ишкошими |
| SECTION 9 | Learning from History: Prospects for Language Revitalization |
| Saiqa Asif | Death by Desertion: Linguistic Meltdown of Siraiki Idioms and Proverbs |
| Muqbilsho Alamshoev | Historical formation and prospects for preservation of Pamirian languages – Историческое становление и перспективы сохранения памирских языков |
| Varka Okhoniyozov | Pamiri Native Poetry as a Shield to Traditions and Beliefs of the People of Pamir – Назми мањаллии помиризабон - муњофизи суннатњо ва эътиќодоти мардумї |