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Endangered languages — Endangered languages: why they matter

Resources for information about and the study of endangered languages

United Nations: Economic Decade of Economic & Social Affairs -Indigenous Peoples : International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022 – 2032

"Optimistic estimates suggest that at least 50 percent of today’s spoken languages will be extinct or seriously endangered by 2100. More pessimistic, but also realistic estimates claim that 90-95 percent will become extinct or seriously endangered by the end of this century. Most of these languages are indigenous languages. Humanity may well have only 300-600 oral languages left that are unthreatened by the end of this century". -- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Indigenous Peoples :International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022 – 2032

For more information  source: https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/indigenous-languages.html

Endangered languages: why it matters | Mandana Seyfeddinipur | TEDxLSHTM

Join the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032! (4 min.)