Reading Comprehension
The author lists all of the following as reasons for the decline or disappearance of a
language EXCEPT:
(i) governments promoting certain languages over others.
(ii) a catastrophic event that entirely eliminates a people and their culture.
(iii) people shifting away from their own language to study or work in another language.
(iv) the focus on only a few languages as a result of widespread internet use.
(i) governments promoting certain languages over others.
(ii) a catastrophic event that entirely eliminates a people and their culture.
(iii) people shifting away from their own language to study or work in another language.
(iv) the focus on only a few languages as a result of widespread internet use.
(iv) the focus on only a few languages as a result of widespread internet use.
Options 1, 2 and 3 have been discussed as reasons for the decline or disappearance of a language.The author speaks emphatically about web in saving dialects. Consequently option 4 is the most ideal decision.
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