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Why do languages die? And should we mourn them? Photo: Barbara Polzer

When languages die

According to UNESCO, roughly half of the estimated 6,700 languages spoken worldwide are in danger of extinction. In addition to the dialects in German enclaves around the world, a number of minority languages within Germany are also in that list.More ...

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