BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
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Almost half the world’s linguistic diversity is threatened
"Some regions of the world such as South America and Australia are expected to lose all of their Indigenous linguistic #diversity, because all of the indigenous languages there are threatened."
https://theconversation.com/research-on-2-400-languages-shows-nearly-half-the-worlds-language-diversity-is-at-risk-204014
Australian Autochthonous #Languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_languages
The United Nations declared 2022–2032 the Decade of #IndigenousLanguages
https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages
#Culture #Impoverishment #Monolingualism #Monoculture #Glottophobia #English #Australian #Language
#diversity #languages #indigenouslanguages #culture #impoverishment #monolingualism #monoculture #glottophobia #english #australian #language