Half the world language risk being wiped out
Linguists estimate that every four months a language dies and half the world's language may disappear before 2100.
Linguists estimate that every four months a language dies and half the world's language may disappear before 2100.
About 80% of the world's population currently uses only 1% of the language on Earth. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) estimates that over 40% of the world's languages are in danger of disappearing, US News reported on May 23.
Areas of language are about to be wiped out in the world.(Graphic: US News).
It is estimated that there are 20 "language hotspots" in the world today , areas where languages are at risk of disappearing. Central South America region near Peru and Bolivia, the western edge of Canada, northern Australia and Siberia are the areas with the most threatened languages.
"With each language dying, we lose a huge cultural heritage, how people relate to the world, knowledge of science, medicine, botany, most importantly how communities express Reaching humor, love and life " , The Endangered Languages Project organization declares. " In short, we lose evidence of centuries of life."
The world has about 6,000 spoken languages. Most languages are threatened with less than 10,000 users. The Smithsonian Institute, USA, has stored songs and the sounds of languages are at risk of disappearing. Each recording shows how people describe and communicate with their surroundings.
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