Tuesday, October 5, 2010

A new language is discovered in India

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11479563

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130242203

Researchers have identified a language new to science in a remote region of India.
Known as Koro, it appears to be distinct from other languages in the family to which it belongs; but it is also under threat.
It is thought that around half of the world's 6,909 known languages are endangered and Koro itself is vulnerable. It has never been written down and is only spoken by between 800 and 1,200 people.

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