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How does urbanization make endangered languages more serious?

The influence of urbanization on endangered languages;

1. Urbanization leads to the loss of traditional culture: Urbanization will lead to changes in the traditional mode of production, lifestyle and social structure, which will lead to the loss and decline of traditional culture, including the use and inheritance of endangered languages.

2. Changes in language environment: Urbanization will change people's language environment and language habits, further narrow the scope and frequency of use of endangered languages, and lead to the extinction of languages.

3. Changes in the education system: In the process of urbanization, the changes and modernization of the education system will also have an impact on the inheritance of endangered languages, which may lead to restrictions on the teaching and use of endangered languages.

4. The influence of urban lifestyle: The change of urban lifestyle may make people more inclined to use mainstream languages and ignore the use and inheritance of endangered languages, thus leading to the further decline and disappearance of endangered languages.