The author lists all of the following as reasons for the decline or disappearance of a language EXCEPT:

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The author lists all of the following as reasons for the decline or disappearance of a language EXCEPT:

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A.
the focus on only a few languages as a result of widespread internet use.
B.
governments promoting certain languages over others.
C.
people shifting away from their own language to study or work in another language.
D.

a catastrophic event that entirely eliminates a people and their culture.

Option A is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The second paragraph details the reasons for decline of languages: 'through war, famine and natural disasters', and language shift 'for complex political, cultural and economic reasons – sometimes voluntary for economic and educational reasons, although often amplified by state coercion or neglect'. Options B, C and D cover these points.
The passage does not attribute the decline of languages to internet use. So, option A is the correct answer choice.