有关研究人员于周二称,从澳大利亚乡村到西伯利亚,再到美国的俄克拉荷马州,很多体现人类历史和传统的语言正在消失。
From rural Australia to Siberia to Oklahoma, languages that embody the history and traditions of people are dying, researchers said Tuesday.
据语言学家们介绍,目前世界上约有7000种语言正在使用,而每两个星期就有一种语言消失,语言学家们正在试图挽救其中的一些语言。
While there are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken around the world today, one of them dies out about every two weeks, according to linguistic experts struggling to save at least some of them.
语言是重要的文化资产,许多语言逐渐消失的同时,也意味著传统文化正在遗失。
Languages are cultural treasures, and unfortunately the world is losing many of them very quickly.
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