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?
I think this piece assumes relevance for Goa, considering our present confusion regarding medium of instruction. http://www.readability.com/read?url=http%3A//ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/vanishing-languages/rymer-text -- Nigel Britto http://twitter.com/#!/nigelbritto
