Assyrian, Mandaean and the gypsy languages are becoming extinct as most of their speakers migrated to Canada, the United States, Australia and the Scandinavian countries. There is an urgent need for the revival of these languages which are enlisted by the UN as the most endangered languages in the world.
Very important question for the region, especially now after the collapse of Syria. We have evidence to indicate even for Kurdish to disappear despite being one of the largest groups in the region. Please see Article Language shift among Kurds in Turkey: A spatial and demograp...
Hello,
You can contact De. Simin Karimi, Arizona state university.
Regards,
R. Biria
Kurdish never becomes instinct as it has millions of speakers in Turky, Syria, Iraq, Iran and other countries. But the languages I mentioned in my question are dying. The number of speakers does not exceed several hundreds, unfortunately. What is worse, neither of these languages has a system of writing.
- Badges
- Science topic
- Similar topics
- Linguistics
- Composition Studies
- Writing