Most Languages to Vanish by 2100

[Benjamin Barrett]

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Benjamin Barrett
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-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
Grant Barrett

"Most of the world's 6,000-plus languages will have died out by the end of
the
century, experts predicted yesterday. Linguists issued fresh warnings about
the perilous
position of the thousands of languages spoken mainly by adults but
increasingly rarely
by their children and grandchildren."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Science/2000-05/languages300500.shtml