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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/4a74eb3d-60d1-4bc9-bd78-7c54a1b02a7a_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Wikitongues Seeks to Save Worlds Dying Languages' data-article-id='3654'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9125'>Experts say there are about 6,500 languages spoken throughout the world.</span> <span data-start-time='9125' data-end-time='18271'>But the United Nations estimates that about half of these languages are in danger of disappearing.</span> <span data-start-time='18271' data-end-time='32875'>The U.N. cultural agency, or UNESCO, lists languages it considers endangered on its Atlas of the World&rsquo;s Languages in Danger.</span> <span data-start-time='32875' data-end-time='44417'>UNESCO collects information on the languages and then increases efforts meant to prevent them from dying out.</span> <span data-start-time='44417' data-end-time='56125'>One non-profit organization seeking to save world languages is a New York-based group called Wikitongues.</span> <span data-start-time='56125' data-end-time='70604'>Officials from Wikitongues say the organization has a simple goal: to provide the tools and support that people need to save their languages.</span> <span data-start-time='70604' data-end-time='77729'>Daniel Bogre Udell is the co-founder of Wikitongues.</span> <span data-start-time='77729' data-end-time='86167'>He told VOA that when a language disappears, many other things can go away as well.</span> <span data-start-time='86167' data-end-time='95104'>For example, parts of a community&rsquo;s culture, knowledge and identity can also be lost.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/4D95EA25-1C40-4DB8-949B-E4A9C7D7DFEE_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=12373 data-hint-location='18271' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/what_does_endangered_mean.wav'>What does endangered mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='something that has become very rare and that could die out completely'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/priceless_artwork.wav'><span>priceless artwork</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/something_that_has_become_very_rare_and_that_could_die_out_completely.wav'><span>something that has become very rare and that could die out completely</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/something_that_is_used_to_construct_a_building.wav'><span>something that is used to construct a building</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/fuel_for_automobiles.wav'><span>fuel for automobiles</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=12374 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/experts_say_there_are_about_6500_what_spoken_throughout_the_world.wav'>Experts say there are about 6,500 what spoken throughout the world?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='languages'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/dresses.wav'><span>dresses</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/paintings.wav'><span>paintings</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/languages.wav'><span>languages</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/songs.wav'><span>songs</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=12375 data-hint-location='86167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/for_example_parts_of_a_communitys_culture_knowledge_and_identity_can_also_be__blank_.wav'>For example, parts of a communitys culture, knowledge and identity can also be <span class='blank'>lost</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='lost'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/created.wav'><span>created</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/cut_down.wav'><span>cut down</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/bought.wav'><span>bought</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3142/lost.wav'><span>lost</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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