6500 languages that are still being spoken in the world today will become extinct in the course of the next decades. Not only are languages and dialects expressions of human culture and the human mind, they are also the means by which we communicate with others and seek ways of explaining the world we live in. They are of value in and of themselves and should be preserved and documented as manifestations of the creativity and diversity of the human mind. The goal of this non-profit organization is to further the use, preservation, and documentation of endangered languages and dialects. It goes without saying that the Society for Endangered Languages strives to not only work with the concerned speech communities in the best possible way in all of its activites, but to also respect and realize the wishes and ideas of the people in these speech communities in the efforts involved in preserving and documenting their respective language or dialect.
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