Hyderabad, Dec. 12 -- Nearly 50 percent of languages spoken all over the world today are "endangered" and face the threat of extinction. India is among the top with 197 indigenous languages in peril of extinction.

UNESCO( UN Organization in charge of Education, Sciences, Culture and Communication and Information) is to celebrate the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) on Dec. 13.

Globally of the 7,000 living languages, 3,000 are considered 'endangered'.

The Indian situation is no good with having almost the highest number of endangered languages in the world.

Of the 197 endangered languages in India, the government runs a scheme to protect and preserve 117 of them in the first phase.

India where hundreds of langu...