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155. What is an Endangered Language? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

Category: Education
Duration: 00:23:32
Publish Date: 2022-06-08 04:00:40
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A recent report has revealed that nearly 2500 languages are at risk of becoming extinct in the near future. Why do languages die out? Does it matter if they do? And how can we save an endangered language? Let’s talk about this on today’s episode of Thinking in English!



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Vocabulary List



Endangered (adj) - things that may soon not exist because there are very few around now

The rhino is an endangered animal


Generation (n) - all the people of about the same age within a society

The younger generation smokes less that their parents did


Elder (n) - an older person, especially one with a respected position in society

You should listen to the advice of your elders


To absorb (v) - to take something in, especially gradually

Towels absorb moisture


at the expense of (phrase) - resulting in the loss of something

They chose to speed up production at the expense of safety


To document (v) - to record the details of an event, a process, etc

His interest in cars has been well-documented


Exclusively (adv) - only

That YouTuber has an exclusively female audience


To revitalise (v) - to give new life, energy, activity, or success to something

They made a plan to revitalise the city centre


Multilingualism (n) - knowledge of more languages than a native language

The school embraced multilingualism and offered classes in the country’s three national languages

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