<font><font face="georgia,serif">“Half of the 6,000 plus spoken languages today will disappear by the end of the century.” <br><br>By Eddie Walsh<br>September 2, 2012<br><br>According to UNESCO, “half of the 6,000 plus spoken languages today will disappear by the end of the century” if the world fails to take action to preserve endangered languages.<br>
<br>The situation in the Pacific is particularly troubling. The Statistics section under the “Resources” tab of the Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger shows that well over a hundred native languages are listed as vulnerable or endangered in Pacific ACP (African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States) countries. If one considers the larger Pacific Islands Forum region, the number soars to several hundred, with 108 vulnerable and endangered languages in Australia alone.<br>
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