But the loss of a language is not only a cultural fact, but often reflects a deep, all-encompassing uprooting. The history of the United States is a typical example, where the marginalization of indigenous peoples led to the loss of many languages, and today various communities seeking to re-establish their identity start precisely from their idiom.
In Europe, there is the European Charter for Local and Minority Languages, an instrument that offers their protection and safeguarding, but which many countries that have signed it have not yet ratified. A factor that is also considered negative and damaging is digital Anglocentrism. The phenomenon has worsened the use of languages, as AI systems have left out many languages that are spoken by millions of people around the world, but are not represented. And the situation is already critical for those languages that are in danger of extinction, which will worsen their situation due to the ever-widening spread of AI systems.