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.//