But for others extinction is a real threat. Indeed, as Adamou’s fascinating Endangered Languages (★★★★☆) makes clear, it is statistically more likely than not. Out of the 7,000 ...
UNESCO classified Jejueo, the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, as “critically endangered,” entering it into the Atlas of ...
A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us communicate in a novel way. Speech allowed us to ...
Technology is accelerating the rate of language disappearance, even while it offers the hope of preserving those that are endangered or extinct. A new crowd-sourcing platform aims to preserve the ...