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Title: Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Post by: Foxy Brown on February 08, 2010, 01:34:30 AM

The last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman Islands, breaking a 65,000-year link to one of the world's oldest cultures.

Boa Sr, who lived through the 2004 tsunami, the Japanese occupation and diseases brought by British settlers, was the last native of the island chain who was fluent in Bo. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/04/ancient-language-extinct-speaker-dies)

Title: Re: Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Post by: kuro808 on February 08, 2010, 01:51:19 AM

oh well that is sad for all linguist out there

Title: Re: Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Post by: kuno_thunder on February 08, 2010, 04:39:17 AM

If he was the last speaker, who'd wanna talk to him?

Title: Re: Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Post by: writerserenyty on February 08, 2010, 08:23:51 AM

As someone who loves languages, this is depressing. :(

Title: Re: Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Post by: shurastriker on February 09, 2010, 07:45:35 PM

sad but if he was really the last one then that language was already dead.

Title: Re: Ancient tribal language becomes extinct as last speaker dies
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on February 09, 2010, 08:25:16 PM

This is sad :(