10 most endangered languages in the world

10 most endangered languages in the world

We often hear about animals going extinct, but languages? That’s a little harder to imagine. And yet, out of the 7,159 languages spoken around the world today, nearly half — 3,193 of them — are considered endangered.  Several are making the list of the most endangered languages in the world. But what makes a language endangered? Is it simply the number of people who speak it? Or is it about how often it’s used in daily life, whether it’s taught …