Linguists believe that
A. nothing can be done to preserve linguistic diversity.
B. the world's linguistic diversity has been cut in half over the past 500 years.
C. only 120 languages are now spoken in the world.
D. all people should study English in order to facilitate cross-cultural communication.
E. the number of languages spoken in the world is increasing rapidly.
Answer: B
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