With the progress of globalisation, cultures unify more and more. This is especially visible in customs and holidays but also impacts on languages ? we learn the major ones, but forget about the ones that are spoken by a handful. Why are indigenous languages so important? As stated on the UN website ?languages play a crucial role in the daily lives of people, not only as a tool for communication, education, social integration and development, but also as a repository of each person?s unique identity, cultural history, traditions and memory.? This quote presents the micro- and macro-perspective on every single language spoken around the globe. There are roughly 7 thousand spoken languages and of these over 2.5 thousand endangered. We are standing on the verge of losing 5 thousand indigenous cultures spread over 90 countries ? preserving the languages they speak is one of the ways to raise awareness and
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