Re: Silent language?

On Aug 19, 7:33 pm, Athel Cornish-Bowden <acorn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The other day I read in an airline magazine of the existence a tribe in
New Guinea (where else?) who communicate entirely in sign language,
even though there is nothing physiologically wrong with their ears or
vocal cords. Now I realize that airline magazines are not more reliable
as sources of linguistic or other scientific information than the BBC,
but I did wonder: does this story have any basis in reality whatsoever?

--
athel

Please advise what airline this was, so I know to avoid them.

Ross Clark
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