700 Reasons: Reason #77

Reason: 77
Of the 6,000 or so languages in the world, it seems probable that about half of these will disappear in the course of the present century - an average of one language dying out every fortnight
Reference:
Crystal, D. (2003) 'Taking account of the linguistic revolution' in Head, D., Jones, E., Kelly, M., Tinsley, T. (eds) Setting the Agenda for Languages in Higher Education (London: CILT), pp. 9-23
Related Keywords:
Diversity, Less Widely Used and Lesser Taught (LWULT) Languages, Sustainability

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