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How many languages are there in the world? | Ethnologue

How many languages are there in the world? 7,111 languages are spoken today. That number is constantly in flux, because we’re learning more about the world’s languages every day. And beyond that, the languages themselves are in flux. They’re living and dynamic, spoken by communities whose lives are shaped by our rapidly changing world. This is a fragile time: Roughly a third of languages are now endangered, often with less than 1,000 speakers remaining. Meanwhile, just 23 languages account for more than hal

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English is no longer the default language of American pop | Music | The Guardian

K-popEnglish is no longer the default language of American popK-pop and Reggaeton’s charts successes are transforming popular culture and leading to more young people learning Korean

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What might an anarchist language look like? I created one, inspired by Ursula le Guin

What might an anarchist language look like? I created one, inspired by Ursula le Guin

The many articles written in memory of Ursula le Guin, who left this world on her final voyage last month, are testament to the great power of her storytelling. Le Guin’s tales give us insights into different ways of being human, from the deceptively mundane (the Orsinian Tales) through the remote but plausible (the Hainish Cycle of science fiction novels), and into the enchantingly fantastic (the Earthsea stories). Her stories help us to understand others and ourselves. They demonstrate the great power that language has in creating imagined worlds.

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Speaking your language: Ireland’s 72 different languages

Speaking your language: Ireland’s 72 different languages

Updated / Tuesday, 16 Jan 2018 09:42

“How does Ireland value multilingualism? How often do we hear and listen to these new voices?” By Dr Anne O’Connor School of Languages, Literatures and Culture More from NUI Galway Opinion: 13 percent of the Irish population are now multilingual which means implications and challenges for Irish society and culture Ireland’s multilingualism is a new and developing phenomenon that has received little institutional

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How Latin Became The Romance Languages

How Latin Became The Romance Languages

Patrick Wyman1/05/18 12:18pm

The Latin language is one of the Roman Empire’s lasting legacies. We hear it around us every day in the form of direct Latin loan-words into English, like “abdomen” or “exterior.” Every time you say something is “necessary” or you need to make a “revision” to a document, you’re using a loan-word from French, which ultimately derives from Latin as

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