7 : seuls des adultes qui ne sont plus en âge de procréer parlent la langue.
6 : la langue est parfois utilisée en échange intergénérationnel.
5 : la langue est encore bien vivante et utilisée par la communauté.
4 : la langue est utilisée à l'école élémentaire.
3 : la langue est utilisée dans les commerces et par les employés les moins qualifiés du marché du travail.
2 : la langue est utilisée par les médias et le gouvernement local de la communauté minoritaire.
1 : la langue est parfois utilisée dans l'éducation supérieure et aux échelons supérieurs du gouvernement.
Publications
1965. Yiddish in America: socio-linguistic description and analysis. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, La Haye, Mouton
1966. Language loyalty in the United States; the maintenance and perpetuation of non-English mother tongues by American ethnic and religious groups. La Haye, Mouton
1966. Hungarian language maintenance in the United States, Bloomington, Indiana University Press
1968. Language problems of developing nations, New York, Wiley
1968. Readings in the sociology of language, La Haye, Paris, Mouton
1970. Sociolinguistics: a brief introduction, Rowley, Mass, Newbury House
1971. Bilingualism in the barrio, Bloomington, Indiana University Press
1971-2. Advances in the sociology of language La Haye, Mouton
1972. Language in Sociocultural Change. Essays by Joshua A. Fishman Ed. Anwar S. Dil., Stanford, Stanford University Press
1972. The sociology of language; an interdisciplinary social science approach to language in society Rowley, Mass., Newbury House
1973 (c 1972). Language and nationalism; two integrative essays Rowley, Mass, Newbury House
1974. Advances in language planning, La Haye, Mouton
1976. Bilingual education: an international sociological perspective Rowley, Mass., Newbury House
1977. Advances in the creation and revision of writing systems, La Haye : Mouton
1978. Advances in the study of societal multilingualism, La Haye : Mouton
1981. Never Say Die: A Thousand Years of Yiddish in Jewish Life and Letters, La Haye, Mouton. (ISBN90-279-7978-2)
1982. The acquisition of biliteracy: a comparative ethnography of minority ethnolinguistic schools in New York City, New York, N.Y.: Yeshiva University, Ferkauf Graduate School
1982. Bilingual education for Hispanic students in the United States, New York, Teachers College Press
1983. Progress in language planning: international perspectives, Berlin et New York, Mouton.
1985. The rise and fall of the ethnic revival: perspectives on language and ethnicity, Berlin & New York: Mouton
1987. Ideology, Society and Language: The Odyssey of Nathan Birnbaum. Ann Arbor: Karoma Publishers
1991. Bilingual education, Amsterdam et Philadelphie, J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
1991. Reversing language Shift: Theory and Practice of Assistance to Threatened Languages, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters. (ISBN185359122X) (ISBN978-1-85359-122-8)
1991. Language and Ethnicity, Amsterdam et Philadelphie, J. Benjamins Pub. Co
1996. Post-Imperial English: The Status of English in Former British and American Colonies and Spheres of Influence, (ed.) Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin
1997. In Praise of the Beloved Language; The Content of Positive Ethnolinguistic Consciousness, Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter
1997. The Multilingual Apple: Languages in New York (with Ofelia Garcia). Berlin, Mouton de Gruyter
1999. Handbook of Language and Ethnicity, (ed.). New York, Oxford University Press. Revised ed. 2009. (ISBN0195374924)
2000. Can Threatened Languages Be Saved?, Clevedon, Multilingual Matters
2006. Do Not Leave Your Language Alone: The Hidden Status Agendas Within Corpus Planning in Language Policy, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. (ISBN0805850244) (ISBN978-0-8058-5024-6)
