Crystal

Question 1

Destruction - elimination

Answer 1

extinction

Question 2

Serious , significant , starling

Answer 2

sobering

Question 3

Collecting

Answer 3

gathering

Question 4

Native

Answer 4

indegenous

Question 5

dispersed

Answer 5

spread

Question 6

restained - restricted the growth of

Answer 6

suppressed

Question 7

Probability

Answer 7

likelihood

Question 8

surpasses - goes beyond

Answer 8

exceeds

Question 9

The figures speak for themselves : according to the best estimates, there are some 6.500 languages in the world at the moment.

Answer 9

need no explanation

Question 10

if a language has just a few speakers left… and nobody is bothering to pass it on to the children, that language is bound to die.

Answer 10

to transit

Question 11

if a language has just a few speakers left… and nobody is bothering to pass it on to he children, that language is bound todie

Answer 11

destined to

Question 12

Much of the present crisis stems from the major cultural movement which began 500 years ago

Answer 12

comes from

Question 13

English has displaced many languages, but that is by no means the only dominator

Answer 13

certainly not

Question 14

A community, once it realizes that its languages is in danger, can get `` its act together `and introduce measures which can genuinely revitalise

Answer 14

get organized

Question 15

and the most cases there beed to be linguist to get on with the basic task of putting the lanuage down on paper. That is the bottom line: getting the language documented - recorded, analysed, written down.

Answer 15

the main, most important message

Question 16

the language surveys have shown that 96 % of the world s language are spoken by just 4 % of the poeple. No wonder so many are in danger.

Answer 16

Is it obvious