Today(6 february 2010,the guardian had the first(Japanese)of a series of language learning guides during next week.
Series will include spanish and mandarin.
Saturday 6 February 2010
Last speaker of Bo,an andamanese language dies
Mrs Boa sr who was born in the 1920s survived diseases brought by settlers,the japanese occupation as well as the 2004 tsunami was the last fluent speaker of bo,one of 10 Great andamanese languages,believed to date back to earliest human inhabition of the islands,65,000 years ago.
She also spoke hindi and another local language,but spend the last years unable to talk with anyone in her mother language.
Member of related tribes couldn't understand the Bo songs and stories spoken by this woman.
Red Cell Genetic Abnormalities, [beta]-Globin Gene Haplotypes, and APOB Polymorphism in the Great Andamanese, A Primitive Negrito Tribe of Andaman and ... Included): An article from: Human Biology
She also spoke hindi and another local language,but spend the last years unable to talk with anyone in her mother language.
Member of related tribes couldn't understand the Bo songs and stories spoken by this woman.
Red Cell Genetic Abnormalities, [beta]-Globin Gene Haplotypes, and APOB Polymorphism in the Great Andamanese, A Primitive Negrito Tribe of Andaman and ... Included): An article from: Human Biology
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