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As forests are cleared and species vanish, theres one other loss: a world of languages A new report shows a direct link between disappearing habitats and the loss of languages. One in four of the worlds 7,000 spoken tongues is now at risk of falling silent for ever as the threat to cultural biodiversity grows. ......New Guinea, the second-largest island in the world, is not just the worlds most linguistically diverse place, it is also one of the most biologically abundant, with tree-climbing kangaroos, birds of paradise, carnivorous mice, giant pigeons, rats bigger than domestic cats and more orchid species than any other place on the planet. Today, both its wildlife and its languages are endangered. Read full article here: theguardian/environment/2014/jun/08/why-we-are-losing-a-world-of-languages
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:31:15 +0000

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