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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" size=2>In the German
novel/novella/bookofpoems (it's all three of them in one, ) 'Die Wueste Lop Nor'
(Carl Hanser Verlag, 2000) by Raoul Schrott an old shepherd is mentioned,
living in the desert of Lop Nor, northern China, who is supposed to be the last
surviving speaker of a lost language. Of course, this is a book of
fiction, so this might be nothing but a figment of this writer's
supreme imagination, but still I do wonder, is anyone on the list aware of
such language in that region?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Footlight MT Light" size=2>Lucas Husgen
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