%0 Journal Article %A Kandler, Anne %+ External Organizations %T Demography and language competition : %G eng %U https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002C-0907-5 %R 10.3378/027.081.0305 %D 2009 %* Review method: peer-reviewed %X Attempts to describe language competition and extinction in a mathematical way have enjoyed increased popularity recently. In this paper I review recent modeling approaches and, based on these findings, propose a model of reaction-diffusion type. I analyze the dynamics of interactions of a population with two monolingual groups and a group that is bilingual in these two languages. The results show that demographic factors, such as population growth or population dispersal, play an important role in the competition dynamic. Furthermore, I consider the impact of two strategies for language maintenance: adjusting the status of the endangered language and adjusting the availability of monolingual and bilingual educational resources. %J Human Biology %V 81 %N 2-3 %& 181 %P 181 - 210 %@ 0018-7143