这些活动使那些濒临灭绝的语言有了活力。
——语言学家在星期一宣布，他们在印度东北部鉴别了一种名叫珂珞语(Koro)的濒临灭绝的语言。这种语言的使用者只有区区800余人。
Linguists announced Monday they have identified an endangered language known as Koro that is spoken by about 800 people in northeast India.
现存的6800种语言中，已经有400多种濒临灭绝。
Already well over 400 of the total of, 6,800 languages are close to extinction.
出现这个问题的部分原因是部落总是不相信他们的语言濒临灭绝，直到他们成了最后几个说本族语的人。
Part of the issue is that tribal groups themselves don't always believe their languages are endangered until they're down to the last handful of speakers.
纽约市的五个区被认为是约八百种语言使用者的聚居地，其中很多语种濒临灭绝。
The five boroughs of New York City are reckoned to be home to speakers of around 800 languages, many of them close to extinction.
语言正在消亡，其速度是濒临灭绝的哺乳动物消亡速度的两倍，濒临灭绝的鸟类的四倍。
Languages are becoming extinct at twice the rate of endangered mammals and four times the rate of endangered birds.
语言正在消亡，其速度是濒临灭绝的哺乳动物消亡速度的两倍，濒临灭绝的鸟类的四倍。
Languages are becoming extinct at twice the rate of endangered mammals and four times the rate of endangered birds.
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