徐世璇、郭天德、廖乔婧主编的《濒危语言》是“今日人类学民族学论丛”之一，汇集了第十六届国际人类学民族学大会人类学学术研讨的最新研究成果和最前沿的成果。浓缩了由中国举办的历史上参会人数最多的这届世界大会的学术精华，展示了中国作为人类学民族学大国的国际地位，见证着中国人类学民族学进入了一个全新的时代。

Chapter I Language Endangerment:Descriptions and Analyses

1.Mapping Endangered Languages of the Pacific: Cases Studies in Taiwan of China, Orchid Island and the Batanes

2.A Sketch Introduction of Sakizaya

3.Structural Decline in Endangered Languages as Exemplified by Structural Changes in Southern Tujia

4."Endangered Dialects" in Tibetan: a Case of Eastern Khams Vernaculars

5.A Description of Endangered Phonemic Oppositions in Yongning Na (Mosuo)

6.New Data on the Socio-Linguistic Situation in Minor Pamiri communities

7.Endangered languages in Africa: Focus on Tanzania's Ngasa and Akie

8.Saami Languages in Finland and Russia after One and a Half Century

Chapter 2 Language Maintenance:Documentation and Preservation

9.The Use of Sound Archives for the Study and Teaching of Endangered Languages

10.Language Policy, Endangered Languages Research and Teaching Experience in the Russian Federation

11.Endangered Languages Documentation and Description: Should these Activities be Separated?

12.Globalization and Language Preservation--A case study of Naxi

13.A Case Study of Language Heritage Maintenance

14.The Maintenance of Written Hani and Resilience Thinking--A Case Study of the Hanitanlan Website

15.Using Information Technology to Salvage and Protect Nu Shu

Appendix Academic Session on Issues of Language Endangerment at the XVIth IUAES Congress 2009