Frequent Asked Questions on Endangered Languages

What are the causes of language endangerment and disappearance?
How do you define an endangered language?
Why should we care?
Do new languages appear today?
Which are the regions with the most endangered languages?
How many languages have already disappeared?
Who made the UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger?
What does it mean to say that a language is extinct?
What can be done to save a language from disappearing?
What does UNESCO do to prevent the endangerment and disappearance of languages?