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Hunter-gatherers are often portrayed as 'others' standing outside the main trajectory of human social evolution. But even after eleven millennia of agriculture and two centuries of widespread industrialization, hunter-gatherer societies continue to exist. This volume, using the lens of language, offers us a window into the inner workings of twenty-first-century hunter-gatherer societies - how they survive and how they interface with societies that produce more. It challenges long-held assumptions about the limits on social dynamism in hunter-gatherer societies to show that their languages are no different either typologically or sociolinguistically from other languages. With its worldwide coverage, this volume serves as a report on the state of hunter-gatherer societies at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and readers in all geographical areas will find arguments of relevance here.

Asian languages --- African languages --- Amerindian languages --- South American Indian languages --- Oceanic languages --- Language and culture --- Languages in contact --- Hunting and gathering societies --- Food gathering societies --- Gathering and hunting societies --- Hunter-gatherers --- Hunting, Primitive --- Ethnology --- Subsistence hunting --- Areal linguistics --- Culture and language --- Culture --- History --- E-books --- Historische Sprachwissenschaft. --- Hunting and gathering societies. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. --- Language and culture. --- Languages in contact. --- Linguistik. --- Soziolinguistik. --- Sprachtypologie. --- Sprachursprung. --- Wildbeuter. --- 2000-2099.