Language deaths on the Indian Ocean?
From: Tommi Ojanperä (tojan_at_cc.jyu.fi)
Date: 12/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:47:32 +0200
I keep thinking about those tiny islands of the Andamans and the Nicobar
Islands.
How many cultures and languages are gone forever? Sentinel? Chaura? Teressa?
At the moment, nobody knows, of course. Dreadful...
Tommi Antero Ojanpera <tojan@cc.jyu.fi>
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