Report Shows Rise in World's Endangered Languages
The latest atlas of the world's languages paints a dire picture of linguistic diversity
Posted February 25, 2009
- 6,000: Approximate number of total world languages
- 2,500: Approximate number of endangered languages
- 199: Number of languages with fewer than 10 speakers
- 178: Number of languages with between 10 and 50 speakers
- Over 200: Languages that have become extinct over the last 3 generations
- 26: Number of endangered languages in metropolitan France
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Sources: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Reader Comments
No speaka da English?
If the people can't speak Ubyx, then let them learn English.
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