It's not just deforestation, as all land loss seems to contribute to the demise of languages. Here is an interesting article on this topic: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ ... -languages
How important is this phenomenon? Very? Not at all? I find myself conflicted on the loss of essentially already extinct languages. Does it really matter? What do you think?
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Language Loss & Deforestation
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Language Loss & Deforestation
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