" The research facility also provides other cases, in which languages have declined less rapidly, by referring to "Iroquoian languages like Onondaga and Mohawk, spoken in upstate New York and adjacent parts of Canada," and stating that these "have been declining for over two centuries; yet they are still spoken today by older adults and, in the case of Mohawk, some younger people as well."

However, the organization warns that this may not necessarily be the case in the next decades, as more and more youth is integrated into American society in this case, and is thereby losing this key part of its identity as a native peoples.

Despite the negatives provided above and the sad truths, there are some efforts to learn and preserve current languages. One of these efforts is the writing of this paper, which aims to show the problem and potential causes and effects. The LSA...
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