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Available documents:

  • D09-01: Tichelaar, T. (2002). Toponymy and language. Paper presented at the DGSD-UNGEGN Toponymy Course in Enschede /Frankfurt am Main, The Netherlands/Germany (pdf).
  • D09-02: Tichelaar, T. (2002). Toponymy course - Languages. Powerpoint presentation presented at the DGSD-UNGEGN Toponymy Course in Enschede /Frankfurt am Main, The Netherlands / Germany (pdf)

 

Literature:

  • Crystal, D. (1987). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

  • Grimes, B.F. (ed.) (2002). Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Fourteenth Edition. Dallas, SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), (URL).

  • Kadmon, N. (2000). Toponymy. The Lore, Laws and Language of Geographical Names. Vantage Press, New York.

  • Kolga, M., Tonurist, I. et al (1993). The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire. Tallinn (URL).

  • Ormeling Sr., F.J. (1989). Terms used in geographical names standardization. In T.R. Tichelaar (ed.) - Proceedings of the Workshop on Toponymy held in Cipanas, Indonesia 16-18 October 1989. Cibinong, Bakosurtanal 1990.

  • Room, A. (1988). Dictionary of Place-names in the British Isles. London, Bloomsbury.

  • Wurm, S.A., Hattori, S. (ed.) (1983). Language Atlas of the Pacific Area. Canberra, Australian Academy of the Humanities.


Online resources:


The United Nations sell the following publications which also can be downloaded from the UNGEGN website:

  • Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names (New York 2002) / pdf

  • Manual for the national standardization of geographical names (UN - Ecosoc, New York, 2006   ST/ESA/STAT/SERM/88 Sales No. E.06.XVII.7 ISBN 92-1-161490-2, available in the 6 UN languages) / pdf

  • Technical reference manual for the standardization of geographical names (New York, 2007) / pdf

  • Resolutions adopted at the ten UN Conferences on the standardization of geographical names (English (pdf) / French (pdf)

 

 
 
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