Today,we travel far and wide to learn about some of the rarest languages in the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

David Harrison and Gregory Anderson of Living Tongues say that many endangered languages are spoken by native cultures in close contact with the natural world.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

Experts say over half of the world's seven thousand languages are in danger of disappearing.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

What these languages contain are all kinds of ways that we structure the world.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

The nation, a former Australian colony, has a rich culture, where more than 850 indigenous languages are spoken, more than 10 percent of the world's total languages.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

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VOA: standard.2010.03.05