There are at least 7,000 languages people use to communicate in the world

To visualize what’s at stake, Morgan Wills of Kumu, a startup that specializes in data visualization tools, recently wrote on Medium about a map they made of endangered languages. When you visit it, hovering over each language reveals where they’re spoken and by how many people, and at the top you can select a few ways to filter it (but don’t miss the filter settings on the right side to really dig in).