Modeling language evolution: Aromanian,an endangered language in Greece |
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Authors: | Evangelos Bakalis Alexandra Galani |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, University Campus, 45100, Ioannina, Greece;2. Department of Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece |
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Abstract: | Time evolution of the relative density of speakers of an endangered language, Aromanian, which is spoken by a bilingual community in North-Western Greece, is approached theoretically by means of a two-state model and a three-state model. The same prestige and volatility parameters are used in these two models. Furthermore, a culture parameter and a second exponent are introduced in the three-state model. The parameters of each model are fitted to the current status of Aromanian, on the basis of field evidence collected by us, and the first findings about the risk of the language’s extinction are presented. |
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Keywords: | Language competition Dynamical systems Social&ndash economic systems Language endangerment |
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