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Old August 21st, 2006, 10:38 AM posted to rec.travel.europe,rec.travel.africa
Corgi bit me 'nads
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Default Unesco: Languages under threat


Dave Frightens Me wrote:
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:44:06 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:39:44 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Dave Frightens Me
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this:

... On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:45:53 +0200, Mxsmanic
... wrote:
...
... Corgi bit me 'nads writes:
...
... In Africa, 80% of oral dialects are in danger of dying out
...
... More than half of the 6000 languages spoken in the world today may
... disappear by the end of the century, the UN cultural organisation
... Unesco said on the occasion of International Mother Language Day.
...
... So?
...
... I'll join Mixi at this point to say who really cares.

Not the devil-may-cares...


I just can't see the point in trying to preserve numerous under-used
dialects.

The dialect here in Genova is still alive, although no young (under
50) people can speak it without mixing in Italian. It doesn't seem to
have been a great tragedy.
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