The world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half,as measured by the number of distinct languages extant,in the past 500 years; and half the remaining languages are predicted to disappear during this century.

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This statement is true. According to UNESCO, out of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, around 3,000 are considered to be endangered and half of them are predicted to disappear by the end of the century.

The World's Linguistic Diversity Has Been Cut in Half,as Measured