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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Endangered language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use.
		Some languages, such as those in Indonesia may have tens of thousands of speakers but be endangered because children are no longer learning them, or speakers are in the process of shifting to using the national language Indonesian (or a local Malay variety) in place of local languages.
		Minority languages in a society in turmoil: The case of the northern languages of the Russian Federation
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Endangered_language (794 words)

	History of Ijaws and Neighbors in Southern Nigeria
		“The indigenous languages of western Africa belong to three of the four phyla of African languages established by J H Greenberg in 1963: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Niger-CongoConsequently, the homeland of Niger-Congo is normally placed in western Africa, whereas those of Nilo-Saharan languages and Afro-Asiatic are sought farther to the east and northeast respectively.
		The original Kumoni language spoken by the king and his people (Kumoni-Oru) was later on absorbed into the Ooyelagbo language to give rise to Yoruba language and its various dialects.
		At a glance one can see why the Ijo language is very much distinct from the other languages such as Yoruba, Edo and Igbo, as the Ijos seem to be most isolated of the Ethnic nationalities when it comes to the fusion of the ancient tribes.
	www.earthrights.net /nigeria/history.html (5200 words)

	Ethnologue, Languages of the World
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	www.ethnologue.com (74 words)

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