Digital language death.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0077056 and PMC identifier PMC3805564.
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Abstract
Of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken today, some 2,500 are generally considered endangered. Here we argue that this consensus figure vastly underestimates the danger of digital language death, in that less than 5% of all languages can still ascend to the digital realm. We present evidence of a massive die-off caused by the digital divide.