Perhaps more interesting is the part at the bottom of the piece ... around fifty languages have only one living speaker. That's quite sad if you think about it - Marie Smith from Prince William Sound in Alaska pops her clogs and poof, Eyak is no longer heard in the world. They're like endangered species really, those tongues ... and which is worse to lose, a language or a life form? Memes or genes?
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