/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2075/all en /newsroom/channels/news/borrowing-leaf-biology-preserve-threatened-languages-283334 <p>One of the world’s 7,000 languages vanishes every other week, and half – including scores of indigenous North American languages -- might not survive the 21st century, experts say. To preserve as much linguistic diversity as possible in the face of this threat, 91ÉçÇø scientists are proposing to borrow a leaf from conservation biology.</p> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:53:52 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32765 at /newsroom /newsroom/elin-thordardottir Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23868 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/bilingualism-and-brain-birth-aging-252985 <p> Tue, 26 May 2015 14:32:28 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24091 at /newsroom