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| Title | Article: Vanishing Tongues and Success Stories from Around the World |
| Body | From http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1211450 Vanishing tongues and success stories from around the world by Adam McDowell Friday, January 23, 2009 The task language activists have undertaken is nothing short of defying a multi-century trend that has seen minority languages wither and disappear in a competition against the languages of empires past and present. English, Spanish, Russian and others can bully minority languages into oblivion through social and economic pressure, assimilationist educational policies, the effect of the mass media and other factors. Of the world's 7,000 languages, linguists believe as many as half are in danger of disappearing during the 21st century, and many of those will go silent before ever being recorded for posterity. Read the entire article, which summarizes endangered language situations and successes on different continents, at http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1211450 . |
| Source | National Post, Canada |
| Inputdate | 2009-02-01 09:02:58 |
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