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 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5806 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes  Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 3 05 October 2010 at 9:52pm | IP Logged |
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870384380457553 4122591921594.html
In the foothills of the Himalayas, two field linguists have discovered an oddity as rare as any endangered species—a language completely new to science. The researchers, who announced their find Tuesday in Washington, D.C., encountered it for the first time along the western ridges of Arunachal Pradesh, India's northeastern- most state, where more than 120 languages are spoken. There, isolated by craggy slopes and rushing rivers, the hunters and subsistence farmers who speak this rare tongue live in a dozen or so villages of bamboo houses built on stilts. The researchers identified the language—called Koro—during a 2008 expedition conducted as part of National Geographic's Enduring Voices project. More at link. 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6704 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 3 06 October 2010 at 12:50am | IP Logged |
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And as usual you have to remove the space in the link to make it work. Interesting article.
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| Gareth Groupie United States Joined 5459 days ago 51 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cherokee, French | Message 3 of 3 08 October 2010 at 6:16am | IP Logged |
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I really wish they would have used IPA in their transcriptions.
Thanks for the link Budonoseito. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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