It is believed that there are thousands of languages on Earth, but languages that are only spoken by a small number of people are at risk of extinction. Sociolinguist Erica Brozovsky explains when a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 7,000 languages are spoken around the world today and at least 3,000 of them, or 40 percent, are endangered. English is ...

World languages -- European languages -- North and West African languages -- Central, East, and Southern African languages -- South Asian languages -- Central, Western, and Northern Asian languages -- ...