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[Lindsay Marean]

Did I misread this article?  Did the author really just write that the 
solution to language endangerment abroad is for the United States to 
swoop in with funding for Rosetta Stone products?  I wonder how much 
awareness the author has of the state of indigenous languages right here 
in the good ol' US of A?

Good eye as always, Phil, for news of language 
endangerment/revitalization in the media.  Did this article catch anyone 
else in their cranky shoes, or just me?

Lindsay

On 9/2/12 2:30 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:
> “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.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://thediplomat.com/sport-culture/2012/09/02/saving-endangered-pacific-languages/

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