There are, around 6 000 living languages in the world - and at least half of those are in danger. In every part of, the world. Languages are disappearing. In fact one scientist, has said that languages are in more danger of extinction than birds or. Mammals. Professor Steve Sutherland of the University of East Anglia caculated that in the past 500 years 4.5 percent of. Languages have died Out - compared with 1.3 Percent, of birds end 1.9 percent of mammals. Languages come and go and thousands,, Have done exactly that without leaving any trace. Only a very few - Basque Greek and, Latin among them - have lasted more. Than, 2 000 years. But it seems that the pace of their disappearance is becomig quicker. The Ethnologue a database, of all. The languages spoken in the world claims that, 417 languages are spoken by so few people that they are in the Final stages. Of becoming extinct. There is one living speaker of Luo in Camaroon and a, handful of people that speak the Saami Pite language. In Sweden and Norway. If very few people speak a language it will, probably die out. Languages may be lost, through migration. As people move from small rural communities to urban centres or when, environments are destroyed by for search for oil or. Wood.
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