How it possible for these linguists to have "discovered" a language? Certainly, the speakers of the language <br>have been using it and they surely know that their language exists. <br><br>Best wishes,<br>Jennifer Teeter<br>
Kyoto <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cashcash@email.arizona.edu">cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
OCTOBER 6, 2010<br>
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Rare Find: a New Language<br>
As Native Tongues Rapidly Become Extinct, Linguists Discover an Exotic Specimen<br>
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By ROBERT LEE HOTZ<br>
USA<br>
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In the foothills of the Himalayas, two field linguists have uncovered<br>
a find as rare as any endangered species—a language completely new to<br>
science.<br>
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The researchers encountered it for the first time along the western<br>
ridges of Arunachal Pradesh, India's northeastern-most state, where<br>
more than 120 languages are spoken. There, isolated by craggy slopes<br>
and rushing rivers, the hunters and subsistence farmers who speak this<br>
rare tongue live in a dozen or so villages of bamboo houses built on<br>
stilts.<br>
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The language—called Koro—was identified during a 2008 expedition<br>
conducted as part of National Geographic's Enduring Voices project.<br>
The researchers announced their discovery Tuesday in Washington, D.C.<br>
So many languages have vanished world-wide in recent decades that the<br>
naming of a new one commanded scientific attention.<br>
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