The content of this module is based on teaching materials prepared by Tjeerd Tichelaar. These teaching materials are also made available under the "documents" section.

The module contains the following chapters:

Introduction
Chapter 1: Toponymy and language
Chapter 2: Names versus languages
Chapter 3: Languages of the world
Chapter 4: Toponymic importance of a language
Chapter 5: Toponymic importance of linguistic status
Chapter 6: Language versus dialect
Chapter 7: Official versus non-official languages
Chapter 8: Dead and disappeared languages
Chapter 9: Classification of languages
Chapter 10: Back to toponymy

When reading through the following pages, you will come across some unusual terms. These terms are hyperlinked to the UNGEGN Glossary of Terminology (pdf). Behind each term a number (#) is given that corresponds to the numbering applied in this glossary, e.g. toponymy (#344).

For exercises and documents (and literature) on this topic see respectively the "Exercises" and/or the "Documents" section of this module.

The complete module can be downloaded here.