Tim Brookes is universally regarded as the pioneer and authority in the field of script loss and revitalization on a global scale. Tim's hand-carvings of endangered scripts have been exhibited at over 150 leading universities, galleries and libraries. He is a frequent speaker on the importance of minority scripts at institutions including the Bodleian Library, the Smithsonian Institute and the Library of Congress.

This impressive volume, organised geographically, sets out information on 80 writing systems in danger of being lost or replaced by majority scripts like Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic or Devanagari. It includes history and current state of each one, samples of use, and pointers to sources of further information. It is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in this aspect of threatened cultures around the world.

Tim Brookes is universally regarded as the pioneer and authority in the field of script loss and revitalization on a global scale. Tim's hand-carvings of endangered scripts have been exhibited at over 150 leading universities, galleries and libraries. He is a frequent speaker on the importance of minority scripts at institutions including the Bodleian Library, the Smithsonian Institute and the Library of Congress.

This impressive volume, organised geographically, sets out information on 80 writing systems in danger of being lost or replaced by majority scripts like Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic or Devanagari. It includes history and current state of each one, samples of use, and pointers to sources of further information. It is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in this aspect of threatened cultures around the world.

Tim Brookes is universally regarded as the pioneer and authority in the field of script loss and revitalization on a global scale. Tim's hand-carvings of endangered scripts have been exhibited at over 150 leading universities, galleries and libraries. He is a frequent speaker on the importance of minority scripts at institutions including the Bodleian Library, the Smithsonian Institute and the Library of Congress.

This impressive volume, organised geographically, sets out information on 80 writing systems in danger of being lost or replaced by majority scripts like Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic or Devanagari. It includes history and current state of each one, samples of use, and pointers to sources of further information. It is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in this aspect of threatened cultures around the world.