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- However, while there are about 100 common languages spoken throughout the entire world, there are roughly 7,000 total languages. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) currently estimates that over half of all languages currently in existence in the world will die or disappear by the end of the 21st century.
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Jan 5, 2022 · Around 1,500 known languages may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. Current levels of language loss could triple in the next 40 years. Greater education and mobility marginalize some minor languages. One language per month could disappear, without intervention.
Dec 20, 2021 · 1,500 languages could die out by 2100, according to a new study. The research by Australian National University (ANU) found that of the world's 7,000 recognised languages, around half...
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Today 457 or 9.2% of the living languages have fewer than 10 speakers and are very likely to die out soon, if no revitalization efforts are made. 639 of the languages known to have existed are already extinct – 10% of all languages.
Feb 21, 2022 · Around 3,000 languages could disappear before the end of the century, at a rate of one every two weeks. Faced with this alarming reality, the United Nations proclaimed a decade to protect these languages and preserve humanity’s common heritage.
Dec 16, 2021 · To avoid the loss of over 1,500 languages by the end of the century, urgent investment is needed in language documentation, bilingual education programmes and other community-based...
This 43% is near to the oft-cited 50% (but far from the 90% worst-case) scenario of languages expected to become extinct or doomed by the century’s end. Of all known named languages, 634 have become extinct, 141 of these (22%) in recent times (in the last 40 years).
Dec 20, 2021 · More than 1,500 of the world’s endangered languages could be lost by the end of this century, according to a new study that has called for urgent investment in community-level documentation and...
