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[Phillip E Cash Cash]

“Half of the 6,000 plus spoken languages today will disappear by the end of
the century.”

By Eddie Walsh
September 2, 2012

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.

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.

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http://thediplomat.com/sport-culture/2012/09/02/saving-endangered-pacific-languages/
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