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Bookmark or Share- This is why half of the world’s languages are endangered | World ...Around 1,500 known languages may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. Current levels of language loss could triple in the next 40 years. Greater education and mobility marginalize some minor languages. One language per month could disappear, without intervention.
- Endangered Languages Are Worth Saving - The New York TimesLinguists expect 90 percent of languages to become obsolete in the next century — and this mass extinction is no accident. Under colonial rule, learning or speaking my grandma’s native Hokkien,...
- Losing languages, losing worlds - CNN42% of modern languages are endangered today. One fifth of the world’s more than 7,000 languages will be dormant or dead by the end of the century, scientists warn. More than 40% of them are ...
- Lists of endangered languages - WikipediaIn order to be listed, a language must be classified as "endangered" in a cited academic source. Researchers have concluded that in less than one hundred years, almost half of the languages known today will be lost forever. [1] The lists are organized by region.
- Endangered Languages ProjectOur catalogue contains information on 3466 languages. Explore Language Map. Browse Resources by Category. Current number of resources: 7689. Use the category buttons below to easily search our resources on information, academic publications, and research concerning the world’s endangered languages!
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