Creating an orthography is often seen as a key component of
language revitalisation. Encoding an endangered variety can enhance
its status and prestige. In speech communities that are fragmented
dialectally or geographically, a common writing system may help
create a sense of unified identity, or help keep a language alive
by facilitating teaching and learning. Despite clear advantages,
creating an orthography for an endangered language can also bring
challenges, and this volume debates the following critical
questions: whose task should this be - that of the linguist or the
speech community? Should an orthography be maximally distanciated
from that of the language of wider communication for ideological
reasons, or should its main principles coincide for reasons of
learnability? Which local variety should be selected as the basis
of a common script? Is a multilectal script preferable to a
standardised orthography? And can creating an orthography create
problems for existing native speakers?
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