Study: 1,500 languages in danger of going extinct

"When a language is lost, or is 'sleeping' as we say for languages that are no longer spoken, we lose so much of our human cultural diversity," Bromham pointed out. Photo: Unsplash/Syd Wachs

There are about 7,000 recognised languages worldwide, but many of them could soon be lost forever.

According to a study from Australia, about half of all languages are endangered, and 1,500 could be extinct by the end of the century.