From: André Szabolcs Szelp (a.sz.szelp@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Feb 05 2010 - 04:05:09 CST
Oh, my!
How can a statement like "one of the world's oldest languages - Bo"
leave the mouth of a "linguist"!
From a language documentation and historical language research point
of view, the fact is, of course, none the less highly regrettable.
/Sz
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven
<asmodai@in-nomine.org> wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8498534.stm
>
> Small excerpt:
>
> "The last speaker of an ancient language in India's Andaman Islands has
> died at the age of about 85, a leading linguist has told the BBC.
>
> Professor Anvita Abbi said that the death of Boa Sr was highly significant
> because one of the world's oldest languages - Bo - had come to an end."
>
> --
> Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai(-at-)in-nomine.org> / asmodai
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>
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