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| How many extinct languages are there today? |
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473;
ie reviving extinct lang - hebrew
ie preserving extinct lang - celtic |
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| one of canada's 2 official languages; french speakers are 1/4th of the population |
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| may present problems when speakers of diff language compete for control of resources in a state |
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| distinctive dialect preserved by african americans in the 20th century in racially segregated neighborhood and schools |
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| has several official languages with few problems between speakers |
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those without a language family or with less in common with other members of the family
ie basque (without a language family)
ie icelandic (with other memebers of the family) |
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| multilingual with spanis, however in some areas quechua, aymara, and other aboriginal languages |
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| new england, west pennyslvania, south, west, midlands, and north, new york. |
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| Australia and new zealand |
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| have english as dominant language |
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| the french academy (1635) |
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| the supreme arbiter of the french language |
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| official royal institution responsible for regulating the spanish language |
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