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UNESCO declared that half of the world ' s languages will disappear at the end of the twenty-first century

21
years ago

30 June 2003,

A UNESCO report stated that half of the languages spoken in the world will disappear by the end of the twenty-first century. Among the main threats against languages he spoke of political factors such as the effects of colonization, lack of political status or policies in favour of the dominant language. The Basque language was not among the languages that will disappear, but it was among the languages that were not.

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