Almost 1500 languages at risk of disappearing by the end of the century

Members of the Gumatj clan prepare to dance at the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land.

Members of the Gumatj clan prepare to dance at the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land. Source: Yothu Yindi Foundation

Concerning new research suggests more than 20 per cent of the world's languages, many of them Indigenous, could cease being spoken within the next 80 years.



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