The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has warned that at least one out of the world's estimated 6,000 languages disappears every two weeks.
According to the UN cultural agency, at least 43 per cent of the estimated 6,000 languages spoken in the world are endangered.
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