Endangered Languages

Section 1

Student 1 :

How many languages/are there/in the world?

Linguist :

There are about 7,000. But about 40% of them/are endangered languages. One of them is Arta/in the Philippines. Arta people live/on Luzon Island. There are only about 15 people/who speak the language fluently.

S1 :

Can you tell me more/about Arta?

L :

Traditionally,/Arta people are hunters. So/they have several words/which express types of hunting. For example,/the word “bugay ”/means to go hunting/with hunting dogs. The word “purab ”/means to go hunting/without dogs.

S1 :

That’s interesting.

L :

Language is tightly connected/with people’s lifestyles.