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Explain why a language would be classified as endangered or dying?

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If a language is not being taught in schools or has less speakers

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Defining language endangerment


Language endangerment is a matter of degree. ... A language may be endangered because there are fewer and fewer people who claim that language as their own and therefore neither use it nor pass it on to their children.
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