01060nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653002500055653001900080100001300099245008200112300001100194520070900205       2011                            d  c2011///10aLanguages (THE_1435)10aAustralia (AU)1 aC. Grant00aKey factors in the sustainability of languages and music: A comparative study  a1-19, 3 aThe challenges posed by a fast-changing global environment to the vitality and viability of musical traditions continue to be a topical issue on the ethnomusicological agenda. Investigations into ways to help keep musical traditions strong are still incipient, however, relative to parallel strategies to protect and promote endangered languages. This article identifies key synergies and disconnects between language and music specifically in relation to factors that impact on their vitality and viability. In this way, it pinpoints areas where theory and practice from the field of language maintenance hold greatest potential to inform the development of ways to keep ‘small’ music genres strong.