Arts & Culture
Language Shift and Revitalization in Minority Language Communities
Quick fact
About 40% of the world's ~7,000 languages are endangered, and most are spoken by small, often marginalized communities that are shifting to more powerful national languages.
Why this is interesting
Imagine your entire family one day stops speaking the language you grew up with—would you fight to keep it alive? Many minority communities face this very choice as dominant languages pull them away from their heritage.