Aka-Bo

[Johanna Laakso]

So sad.

What also made me sad was the way the BBC article was written: "an ancient
language"... as if there were "older" and "newer" languages (one of the
staples of any introduction to historical-comparative linguistics is to
dispel this illusion), and as if the death of any ("less ancient") language
would not be such a loss to mankind.

Best
Johanna Laakso


Am 5.2.2010 09:53 schrieb "Nicholas Ostler" unter
<nostler at CHIBCHA.DEMON.CO.UK>:

> Brief exposure for Bo on the BBC's Radio 4 Today Programme this morning:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8499000/8499752.stm
> 
> I don't suppose so many people have ever heard it before, and now it is
> gone.
> 
> 
> Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>> Wikipedia has the extinction of Aka-Bo on its main page.
>> 
>> BBC has an article as well:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8498534.stm?ls
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka-Bo_language
>> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=akm
>> 
>> Benjamin barrett
>> Seattle, WA
>>   

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