[lg policy] Languages on New Guinea vanish without a whisper

Gareth Price gareth.price at DUKE.EDU
Fri Jul 22 01:50:18 UTC 2011


JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Who will speak Iniai in 2050? Or Faiwol?
Moskona? Wahgi? Probably nobody, as the languages of New Guinea - the
world's greatest linguistic reservoir - are disappearing in a tide of
indifference.

Full story: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-07/22/content_12956388.htm

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Dr. Gareth Price
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
316 Languages Building, Box 90259
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0259
USA
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