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Atlas of Indigenous Languages at Risk of Disappearing
First publication date: 05/09/2024
The Ibero-American Institute of Indigenous Languages (IIALI) has published an atlas of indigenous languages in danger of extinction.
In this atlas, data on the indigenous languages of Latin America and the Caribbean have been updated. Of the 556 languages in the region, 38% are reported to be endangered. Compared to 2009 data, this percentage has risen by 18 points. The atlas aims to encourage governments and indigenous associations to take decisions on the future of languages, which hold so much knowledge about indigenous peoples.
Faced with the critical situation of indigenous languages in Latin America and the Caribbean, IIALI has launched a proposal to create laboratories to work on their revitalisation.
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