One Language Becomes Extinct Every Two Weeks, Says Unesco (fwd link)

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Sabah & Sarawak News
September 26, 2008 15:29 PM

One Language Becomes Extinct Every Two Weeks, Says Unesco

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 26 (Bernama) -- One language disappears at a rapid pace of
every two weeks on average, a representative of the Asia-Pacific Cultural
Centre for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(Unesco) said.

Masanori Kono, who spoke at the launch of the 11 Children's Storybooks through
the Moyog Family Literacy Project here Friday, said Unesco feared that nearly
50 per cent of the 6,700 languages still being spoken in the world were in
danger of extinction.

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