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Endangered Languages in the 21st Century provides research on endangered languages in the contemporary world, the challenges still to be faced, the work still t

An introduction to language endangerment. What is it? How and why does it happen? Why should we care?

Close to half of the 6,000 languges spoken in the world are doomed or likely to disappear in the foreseeable future. The disappearance of any language is an irr

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. Thi