Are Languages Going Extinct?

[Article] Despite efforts by linguists to document and record languages in danger of disappearing, the reality is that the world's population is actually speaking fewer and fewer languages. What will this mean for the future of communication and culture?


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I have a problem. I only speak one language fluently and that is, of course, English, the voice of imperialism, global business and modernity. I have studied French, Hebrew, Spanish and now Dutch, but I can only tangle together a few sentences of each. Now, writing for a website aimed at improving...
This article was published Sunday, 19 August, 2007 by AFP
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