Vanishing Voices: The World's Endangered Languages

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July 13, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace A different language is a different vision of life. - Federico Fellini - Vanishing Voices: The World's Endangered Languages "One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish. What is lost when a language goes silent?" This in-depth National Geographic feature probes the beauty, significance, richness and fragility of the world's vanishing tongues. { read more } Be The Change Learn some of these 21 untranslatable words from the TED Blog, including the Italian word "fattapposta" :) { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Three Parables to Regain Perspective The Miracle Birth The Third Side of a Conflict Why Money Is Like Beer The Language of Love Are You Training Yourself To Fail? Advice as an Art Form When a Homeless Man Used Twitter DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 117,595 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More