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Some 2,500 languages face extinction: UNESCO official
Nearly 2,500 languages worldwide are at risk of extinction, a Turkish official with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Feb. 21. In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Öcal Oğuz, chairman of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, said nearly 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide. Read more at https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/some-2-500-languages-face-extinction-unesco-official-162589 Courtesy: […]
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Why biliteracy programs are needed more than ever
Bilingual programs have been shown to be effective in a number of ways, not just for learning English but in areas from cross-cultural competency to cognitive flexibility. Read more at https://districtadministration.com/why-biliteracy-programs-are-needed-more-than-ever/ Courtesy: District Administration
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Survey data sheds light on Indigenous languages, traditional activities across North
Less than one in 10 Indigenous Yukoners can speak or understand an Indigenous language, and young people across the North were far less likely to understand even a few words than their parents’ generation. That is one among many observations given new weight by data from the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey released this month. Read […]
