Going, Going, Gone: Five of Asia's Most Endangered Languages (fwd link)

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Going, Going, Gone: Five of Asia's Most Endangered Languages

July 6th, 2012 by Sherley Wetherhold

Last month, Google launched its interactive Endangered Languages Project
site. The website aims to catalog and raise awareness about the world's
endangered languages.
Language bears centuries of cultural heritage, as well as valuable
scientific, medical, and botanical knowledge, but experts believe only half
of the 7,000 languages spoken today will make it to the end of the 21st
century.

Of the 3,054 endangered languages documented on the site so far, nearly
half are in Asia. Here's a look at some of Asia's most endangered languages
and their peoples.

Access full blog article below:
http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/going-going-gone-five-asias-most-endangered-languages
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