Indigenous languages are the foundation of our identity, history, culture. But if not spoken, they could crumble away. | APTN

5.6M views · 50K reactions | History of The Most Spoken Languages by Total number of Speakers from 1900 to 2020. The first language evolved around 50,000-150,000 years ago, which is around the time when modern Homo sapiens evolved. Languages are linked to each other by shared words or sounds or grammatical constructions. The theory is that the members of each linguistic group have descended from one language, a common ancestor. | RankingRoyals | Facebook

27 reactions | On International Day of the World's Indigenous People, we’re highlighting the fact that without Indigenous language, connections to history and kinship are broken. In the series Indigenous Youth: Our Vision, Our Future, Our Languages, young people explain why language is at the heart of cultural revitalization and is a crucial tie to their communities. https://bit.ly/3zG8Fyx #WeAreIndigenous | Mastercard Foundation | Facebook