Language schools,italy

Ciao italiano,rome  has 2 week language courses from £315.
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Words of a lost peruvian language found on paper at archaeological site

A yellowed piece of paper found in a ruined church in a village called magdalena de cao viejo in the la libertad region in northern peru may be the only written record of a lost language.
That lost language may be either Quingnam,the language of the chimor people/kingdom or pescadora,spoken in coastal fishing communities.
The paper contains arabic numerals and spanish words for numbers,then  the unknown language
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learning irish gaelic courses etc

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Learning welsh courses etc

Nant gwrtheyrn,gwynedd has  residental courses for welsh language  learners

Some turkish placename elements

cay;stream
ilce;town
kent;town
koy;village
sehir;town
tepe;hill
yigin;hill
yokus;hill

Symbols on pictish stones are language

Statistical analysis indicates that the symbols etc on pictish stones are a language.
This was done by comparing over  400 known (pictish?)texts,pistish symbols were found to be comparable to a  language with a small vocabulary.
Pictish stones might be memorials to the dead.

basque place name elements

baso;wood
gagna;mountain
mendi;mountain(from latin)

Guardian/observer language learning guides

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.

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

possible Maori place name element,new zealand

A dictionary of Maori place namesAo;cloud
aupaki;slope
awa;river,stream
awaawa;valley
hainga;village
harapaki;steep slope
kahiwi;ridge
kaka;bridge
kapua;cloud
maunga;:mountain
moana;sea
one;beach
pukaki;river
puke;hill
puketai;hillside
ranga;ridge
rangaranga;hill
rapaki;hillside
riu;valley
roa;long
tahinga;slope
tahuna;beach
tai;sea
taukahawi;ridge
taumati;hiltop
tautara;hilltop
wai;river
wharua;valley