Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Afghan languages in a larger context of Central and South Asia / Harold F. Schiffman and Brian Spooner -- Language policy in Afghanistan: linguistic diversity and national unity / Senzil Nawid -- Locating 'Pashto' in Afghanistan: a survey of secondary sources / Walter Hakala -- Persian, Farsi, Dari, Tajiki: language names and language policies / Brian Spooner -- Reversing language shift in Kazakhstan / William Fierman -- Language policy and language development in multilingual Uzbekistan / Birgit Schlyter -- The fate of Uzbek language in the 'other' Central Asian republics / William Fierman -- Pashto language policy and practice in the North West Frontier Province / Robert Nichols -- A 'vernacular' for a 'new generation'? Historical perspectives about Urdu and Punjabi, and the formation of language policy in colonial Northwest India / Jeffrey M. Diamond -- Balochi: towards a biography of the language / Brian Spooner -- Resources for the study of language policies and languages of Afghanistan and its neighbors / Cynthia Groff -- Conclusion / Harold F. Schiffman.

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