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Language follows power. In an increasingly globalized world, some languages become the kings in terms of trade and communication. They jump geographic boundaries, pushing smaller languages toward 小题1: .
According to National Geographic magazine, one language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth are 小题2: to disappear as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin or Spanish.
This is 小题3: Google.org is launching a new campaign called the Endangered Languages Project. It aims to digitally record the world’s little-known tongues and the heritages to which they are central.
What kind of languages are disappearing? Languages like Arogonese, which can be found in northern Spain, for example. Spoken by fewer than 10,000 people, this language seems to 小题4: (disappear) within a few generations. Navajo and Ojibwa, both native to the Americans, are also close to extinction. Koro is the native language of a small population 小题5: in the mountains of northeast India. It’s spoken by about 4,000 people.
The Endangered Languages website will record roughly 3,500 of the world’s little-spoken tongues. “ 小题6: every language that dies, humans are in danger of losing an enormous cultural heritage”, writes Loek Essers on the website Computerworld.com.
“As each one disappears, an understanding of how humans relate to the world around them, as well as scientific, medical, and botanical（植物的）knowledge, are all lost, 小题7: is the expression of a community’s humor, love, and life.”
Users of the website can find 小题8: which can be identified by their location on a map, or reached by means of a list that has been broken down into four categories: at risk, endangered, severely endangered, or unknown. 小题9: can upload video or audio samples as well as share their knowledge of a language.
“Languages are alive and in constant change, and their extinction is not new,” write the site’s creators. “ 小题10: today we have the tools and technology that could become a game changer.” |