Google is trying to keep 3054 endangered languages

Would it be bad for you that people stop speaking Aragonese? What about the Navajo or Ojibwe? Or Corot, a language that was recently discovered in northeastern India?

You, of course, most likely will not care. But for humanity as a whole, this is a rather negative trend. As for science and art. According to scientists, by the year 2100, 3054 languages ​​will cease to exist. And this is half of all the languages ​​of the world.
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The www.endangeredlanguages.com project (from Google.org ) is dedicated to preserving ancient languages, which only a few thousand people now speak.

Site launched this morning. You can select a point on an interactive map and find out which languages ​​are in danger of disappearing in a given area.

There is an opportunity to hear songs in the language of Corot, or read a manuscript of the 18th century, written in the language of American Indians.

“Documenting more than 3,000 endangered languages ​​is an important step in preserving cultural diversity,” say project leaders, Clara Rivera and Jason Rodriguez Rieszman.

The idea is to combine many local campaigns to preserve individual languages ​​under the common flag of Google.org .



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