· February, 2009

Stories about Maldives from February, 2009

Worldwide: 2,500 Languages Disappearing

  20 February 2009

An interactive map of endangered languages, showing 2,500 out of 6,000 tongues at risk, has been released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The international organization asks users to contribute comments to a project that has many bloggers worried about preserving cultures.

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