In the Americas alone, 182 are endangered by the end of the century. ... Language has been used to pass knowledge from generation to generation, to express the variety of the customs and literature of our different territories. ... The Naka'ela in Maluku, Indonesia, reportedly decreased in number after moving down from the mountains to a coastal town on Seram Island. 3 Colonization and the introduction of a new language into the territory of a existent cultural group can also put at risk the traditional language, as with the Hawaiian people, who now form only about 20% of the total popu...

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Religious Orders and Communities. Religious Orders and Communities, religious bodies, specifically of the Christian Church, whose members live under a distinctive rule, or discipline. The members of the greater number of Christian religious orders are ordained priests, although lay members are ...

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