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Village Books Hendrix College - WINTER (SPRING 2011) | ||
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Vanishing Voices: The Extinction of the World's Languages (Updated Edition) by Daniel Nettle, Suzanne Romaine Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-19-515246-8 / 0195152468 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-515246-3 / 9780195152463 A dramatic account of the rate of language extinction, and how it endangers the future of biodiversity Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least hal |