<font><font face="georgia,serif">‘Hot spot’ languages are in danger, too<br><br>PENN STATE (US) — Biodiversity hot spots are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on the planet, accounting for 70 percent of all languages on Earth.<br>
<br>Hot spots are considered the most rich biologically and the most threatened locations. High biodiversity wilderness areas are those that are biologically rich but less threatened.<br><br>In a new study published in the early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, conservationists write that, like a region’s species, the “languages involved frequently are unique to particular regions, with many facing extinction.”<br>
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