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Did you know that every 14 days a language dies?  And that by the year 2100 more than half of the 7,000+ spoken languages have the potential of becoming extinct?  National Geographic’s Enduring Voices Project is an initiative designed to introduce the public to the geography of global language diversity and the language extinction crisis that currently exist.  In this article, you will learn the importance of National Geographic’s initiative and how languages die out in the first place.

To learn more about National Geographic’s Enduring Voices Project, please click here to read the full article.

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Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/mission/enduringvoices/index.html

In an effort to restore some of the nearly 100 languages once spoken by California Indians, lawmakers are moving forward with Assembly Bill 544, an initiative that will allow fluent speakers to teach American Indian languages in California’s public schools.  If passed, tribal leaders will have the opportunity to lecture on ancient languages, giving students some insight into California’s history and culture.

To learn more about Assembly Bill 544, please click here to read the full article.

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Source: https://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1944799.html

In this article, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), examines the prevalence of disappearing languages and what can be done to preserve them.  The article provides some eye-opening, relevant statistics, including the following:

• Among the 6,000 languages existing in the world, 2,500 of them are about to disappear or have already stopped their existence.
• Approximately 3,000 languages inevitably lose their carriers every year.
• By the end of the 21st century, dominating languages will supersede 90% of all the existing ones.

To learn more about how the world’s many languages are dying out, and what can be done to stop this from happening, please click here to read the full article.

To find out how Language Services Associates can support your language needs, please call 1-800-305-9673 or visit our contact page.

Source: https://www.examiner.com/x-2627-DC-International-Travel-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Worlds-many-languages-are-dying-out-can-we-stop-it