#68: What Happens When Languages Die?

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There are 7,000 languages spoken across the world.



Yet 80% of the population speaks just 1.1% of the languages, and
43% of the languages are endangered.



What happens when they die out?



In today's episode we cover:


How people feel differently when speaking different languages

The 12 'dominant' world languages

Why have certain languages dominated?

Why do languages die out?

When the last two speakers of a language hate each other

Dying languages in the UK

Hawaiian - a revival success story

Reviving a dead language

Written vs. oral languages

Should we save languages?

Why language is a part of culture




Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website
www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/dying-languages


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