Go to the Terralingua web site at http://www.terralingua.org/. Terralingua is an international, nonprofit

Terralingua
Go to the Terralingua web site at http://www.terralingua.org/. Terralingua is an international, nonprofit organization concerned about the future of the world’s biological, cultural, and linguistic diversity.

1. Briefly describe one of the current projects in which Terralingua is now involved (“Our Work”):

Now, go to http://www.terralingua.org/overview-bcd/the-inextricable-link/ and answer the following:

1. How many languages are there?

1. Currently, which five languages are the most commonly used in the world?

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1. Do you think it is important to maintain linguistic diversity around the world? Knowing what you do about the link between language, culture, knowledge, and identity, how much information will be lost as more languages go extinct?