The languages that don't have a word for "extinct" yet.
Atilingo builds the recording, transcription, and archival infrastructure for Indigenous African languages — credited, consented, and searchable.
Atilingo builds the recording, transcription, and archival infrastructure for Indigenous African languages — credited, consented, and searchable.
Right now, somewhere in the world, a language is dying. Not in a dramatic, sudden way — but quietly, as the last fluent speakers grow older and pass away without anyone left to carry the language forward. Linguists estimate that of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth today, as many as 40% are at risk of disappearing within this century.
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