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About Half of the World's Languages Are Expected to Disappear

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About half of the world's languages are expected to disappear this century in what linguists call __________ __________, when a tongue's last speaker dies. ​


Definitions:

Public Safety

Efforts and services provided by the state or communities to ensure the protection and well-being of the public, including policing, firefighting, and emergency medical services.

Private Market

A sector of the economy where transactions occur between private entities without significant government intervention, dealing in goods, services, and financial assets.

Rival in Consumption

A property of a good whereby one person's use of the good reduces the ability of another person to use the same good.

Individual Marginal Benefit

The additional satisfaction or utility that an individual derives from consuming one more unit of a good or service.

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