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    Over 3,000 of the world's 6,000 current languages are estimated to become extinct by the end of the century if no action is taken. This process of language endangerment and disappearance is not inevitable and can be reversed. Several factors like economic, religious, military, cultural, educational or migration pressures contribute to why languages endanger and disappear. Preserving languages is important because every language reflects a unique worldview and culture, so the loss of a language also means the loss of a culture.

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    Over 3,000 of the world's 6,000 current languages are estimated to become extinct by the end of the century if no action is taken. This process of language endangerment and disappearance is not inevitable and can be reversed. Several factors like economic, religious, military, cultural, educational or migration pressures contribute to why languages endanger and disappear. Preserving languages is important because every language reflects a unique worldview and culture, so the loss of a language also means the loss of a culture.

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    Over 3,000 of the world's 6,000 current languages are estimated to become extinct by the end of the century if no action is taken. This process of language endangerment and disappearance is not inevitable and can be reversed. Several factors like economic, religious, military, cultural, educational or migration pressures contribute to why languages endanger and disappear. Preserving languages is important because every language reflects a unique worldview and culture, so the loss of a language also means the loss of a culture.

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    THE EXTINCTION OF LANGUAGES - OUTLINE

    It is estimated that, if action is not taken, over 3.000 of 6.000 languages spoken
    nowadays will disappear at the end of this century.
    This process is not inevitable nor irreversible
    Meaning of EXTINCT LANGUAGE
    How many languages have already disappeared?
    Why do languages endanger and disappear?
    Several factors: economic, religious, military, cultural, educational or migration,
    among others.
    Do new languages arise nowadays? : Light Warlpiri is a mixed language of
    Australia, with indigenous Warlpiri, Kriol, and Standard Australian English as its
    source languages. First documented by linguist Carmel O'Shannessy of the
    University of Michigan, it is spoken in the Lajamanu community, mostly by
    people under the age of 35. As of 2013, there were 350 native speakers of Light
    Warlpiri, although all of the speakers also knew traditional Warlpiri and many
    speak Kriol and English
    Why should we preserve languages?
    Loss of a language is a loss of a culture
    Every language reflects a unique world-view and culture complex (Wurm
    1991)

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