Mexico among the Countries that More Retain the Original Languages (fwd link)

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*Mexico among the Countries that More Retain the Original Languages*

Escrito por Claudia Gomez

Mexico, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) Mexico is now one of the world''s countries
that retain more native speaks to settle for seventh place in the forefront
linguistic diversity and continental level, along with Brazil, Peru and the
United States, say experts.

  The linguist Francisco Barriga said that here are spoken 60 languages,
with 364 indigenous variants, to announce the V Endangered Languages
Meeting, which will be held on September 27 as part of the XXIV Book Fair
of Anthropology and History.

Barriga stressed that in the country are preserved the native languages due
to several political-educational, editorial work and program of social
groups research, seeking conservation and in particular the revitalization
of those who are at risk of disappearing.

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