A language dies every 14 days.

A language dies every 14 days.

Language death is a linguistic term for the end or extinction of a language. It is also called language extinction.

Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth — many of them not yet recorded — may disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and the human brain.

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