Endangered Languages
Endangered Languages By David Horner Of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken today, some 2,500 are generally considered endangered When academics describe the evolution of languages, they literally mean that languages, compete for usage, and die out or develop offshoots like biological organisms. In a new research paper, “Digital Language Death,” mathematical linguist András Kornai asks what languages are endangered on-line and in usage on electronic devices. He presents evidence of a massiv [...]