I'm quite pessimistic concerning the future of multilingualism.
Small, isolated communities manage to preserve their language for century, but a community the same size in a big city can lose its language in the space of a generation or two.
EDIT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IBfgUNpRsY
Note that the title is kinda stupid, it's obviously not their native language if they can barely speak it, and that's kind of the point. Note also that their parents come from a huge language community which is in no danger of disappearing anytime soon and nevertheless, it's not enough.
EDIT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IBfgUNpRsY Note that the title is kinda stupid, it's obviously not their native language if they can barely speak it, and that's kind of the point. Note also that their parents come from a huge language community which is in no danger of disappearing anytime soon and nevertheless, it's not enough.