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TitleReport: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
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Here is an excerpt from the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues’ report:

Of the some 7,000 languages today, it is estimated that more than 4,000 are spoken by indigenous peoples. Language specialists predict that up to 90 per cent of the world’s languages are likely to become extinct or threatened with extinction by the end of the century.

Access the full report at http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/sowip.html
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