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There are around 7,000 languages spoken in the world, but that number is shrinking. Unesco estimates that half could disappear by the end of the century. So how are languages lost, and what does that mean for the people who speak them?

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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Not really because there's only a limited set of Lingua Francas and, say, Mali turning away from French in favour of e.g. English won't make French disappear.