Lost Words/Lost Worlds
Linguistic Diversity (slides)
Last Words (Textbook)
100
Disko Island
Where did the narrator test the effects of sea fog on the carabiners used for safety lines on glacier crossings?
100
every two weeks
What is the current rate of language death? OR How frequently does a language die/go extinct?
100
more than 2,000 years
How long have Basque, Greek, and Latin lasted?
200
They didn't know one word of Greenlandic.
Who were the teachers at the village school in Qaanaaq?
200
about 500
How many of the existing languages have ever been documented and studied?
200
pilots and air traffic controllers
What are some occupations that need to use English?
300
"Northern Danes"
What were the Inuit supposed to be called (n Denmark)?
300
between 5,000 and 8,000
How many distinct languages are spoken today?
300
an earthquake and tidal wave
What nearly erased/wiped out the Paulohi language?
400
when one speaks with other Greenlanders
When does one notice one has forgotten some Greenlandic?
400
39%
What percentage of the world's languages are spoken by populations under 10,000?
400
educating the children, conducting politics, & doing business
How is an "official language" used?
500
"Denmark's northernmost county"
What is Greenland known as?
500
82%
What percentage of the world’s languages are spoken by populations under 100,000?
500
Saami Pite
What is an endangered language in Sweden and Norway?
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