According to the Textbook, What Is Happening to Human Languages

question 26

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, what is happening to human languages worldwide?

• A) Outside the United States, languages are being lost.
• B) Languages are being lost at the rate of three per day.
• C) New languages are being created at a rate faster than they are being lost.
• D) Languages are being lost at the rate of one every ten days.

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