Endangered Languages
Michael Krauss contends that in the United States, children are only learning 20% of the world's remaining languages.
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Famous quotes containing the words endangered and/or languages:
“While learning the language in France a young man’s morals, health and fortune are more irresistibly endangered than in any country of the universe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The trouble with foreign languages is, you have to think before your speak.”
—Swedish proverb, trans. by Verne Moberg.