Almost 1500 languages at risk of disappearing by the end of the century
![Members of the Gumatj clan prepare to dance at the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land.](https://images.sbs.com.au/dims4/default/44461f8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1688+0+217/resize/1280x720!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsbs-au-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdrupal%2Fnews%2Fpublic%2Fpodcast_images%2Fmembers_of_the_gumatj_clan_prepare_to_dance_at_the_garma_festival_in_northeast_arnhem_landyothu_yindi_foundation.jpg&imwidth=1280)
Members of the Gumatj clan prepare to dance at the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land. Source: Yothu Yindi Foundation
Concerning new research suggests more than 20 per cent of the world's languages, many of them Indigenous, could cease being spoken within the next 80 years.
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