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There are around 6,000languages in the worldtoday.At least there wereuntil January of 2001.ThenCarlos Westez died.Westez wasthe last speaker of the nativeAmerican language Catawba.With him passed away thelanguage itself.The death of Westez wasmourned not just by professionallinguists,but more generally byadvocates of cultural diversity.
There are around 6,000languages in the worldtoday. At least there wereuntil January of 2001.ThenCarlos Westez died.Westez wasthe last speaker of the nativeAmerican language Catawba.With him passed away thelanguage itself. The death of Westez wasmoured not just by professionallinguists, but more generally byadvocates of cultural diversity.