VocabularyAinu
Irankarapte
This greeting is an expression of goodwill and respect, commonly used when meeting someone or welcoming them into one's home.
Anonymous GuardianHokkaido, Japan8/14/2026
Tuning the Atlas...
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Every language carries a world.
アイヌ・イタㇰ · Bats'il k'op · Kernewek · Tsoyaha
Languages are not merely means of communication — they are vessels of cosmologies, ecological knowledge, legal systems, and ways of being human that exist nowhere else on Earth. Their loss is irreversible.
43%
of the world's languages are endangered
1
language lost every 40 days on average
7,000+
living languages spoken on Earth today
3,500
at risk of disappearing this century
Of the ~7,000 languages spoken today, linguists estimate that half will be silent by the end of this century. Each lost language takes with it a unique system of knowledge — botanical classifications, navigation techniques, ecological wisdom, philosophical traditions.
3,500+
Languages at risk of extinction
40 days
Average between last-speaker silences
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