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Enduring Voices: Saving Disappearing Languages URL: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mission/enduringvoices/ Description: "Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth ... will likely disappear." This goal of this project "is to document endangered languages and prevent language extinction." Features background about selected endangered-language hot spots around the world (with some sound clips), a discussion of global trends, descriptions of expeditions, and a glossary. From National Geographic and the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. LII Topics: Endangered & Extinct Languages, Language Publisher: National Geographic Society Extra Keywords hotspot LII Database Information: Record 24554 created by Maria Brandt on 09/19/2007 Last modification on 10/15/2007 Published: 10/17/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24554 |
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