Silenced voices: Languages dying off around the globe (fwd link)

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Silenced voices: Languages dying off around the globe

By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Newspapers
Published: Monday, Jun. 27, 2011 - 11:52 am

AYAPAN, Mexico — Only two people on Earth are known to speak the
Ayapanec language, Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez, old men of few
words who are somewhat indifferent to each other's company.

When Segovia and Velasquez pass away, their language also will go to
the grave. It will mark the demise of a unique way of describing the
lush landscape of southern Mexico, and thinking about the world.

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