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

arabic place name element

Jebel/djebel;mountain
malaqi;riverconfluence
Ras;point,peninsula
siq;gorge
wadi;river?

Welsh placenames elements

aber;confluence,river mouth
Afon;river
Coed;wood
frwd;stream
llan
llyn;lake

Language in Nepal believed to be related to papuan languages

Kusunda ,a language spoken by perhaps 5 people in western Nepal may be related to the papuan language group.

Some,at least, of the words in the kusunda language are similiar in both spelling and meaning to words in both Papuan and andamanese languages.

One theory is that this language originated 75,000 years ago.

words include

wadar,to flow

Scottish celtic placename elements

Ab;river
aber;river confluence
abhainn;river
allt;stream,brook
looks similiar to a thracian word
ard;cape
baile;stead,farm
ben;mountain
related to welsh pen
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cet;a wood
easlwaterfall
eglis;church
eilean;island
gaoth;(Tidal)inlet,marsh,bog
glen;valley
pen;head,end,mainly southern scotland
pert(h);grove,wood
pett;place
pit;place