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Dan_ad_nauseam · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 5:25 am Posts:203

Reuters has reported the death of Boa Sr, the last surviving speaker of Bo, also known as Aka-Bo, an Andamanese language previously spoken on North Andaman Island.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE6140GI.htm

(I originally posted this to the Endangered Languages directory by mistake.)

Anders · Joined:Wed 20 May 2009 10:23 am Posts:52 Location: Sweden

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One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago

"the world's oldest dialect"
"traces its origin thousands of years"

linguoboy · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 9:02 am Posts:1010

Anders wrote:

"the world's oldest dialect"
"traces its origin thousands of years"

What else do you expect from the mainstream news? They're even worse on hard-science topics.

formiko · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:31 am Posts:404 Location: Angola

linguoboy wrote:

What else do you expect from the mainstream news? They're even worse on hard-science topics.

It's good enough for Joe Sixpack.

linguoboy · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 9:02 am Posts:1010

formiko wrote:

linguoboy wrote:

What else do you expect from the mainstream news? They're even worse on hard-science topics.

It's good enough for Joe Sixpack. ;)

Joe Sixpack doesn't read the news; he watches Fox.

Anders · Joined:Wed 20 May 2009 10:23 am Posts:52 Location: Sweden

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Joe Sixpack doesn't read the news; he watches Fox

Well, at least he gets his news fair and balanced.