169 local languages likely to extinct: Researcher (fwd link)

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169 local languages likely to extinct: Researcher

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 12/14/2011 2:00 PM
India

Only 10 percent of the nation’s local languages will survive by the
end of the century, according to a researcher.

Abdul Rachman Patji, the head of a social and cultural research center
at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), said that up to 169
local languages would likely become extinct due to lack of use.

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