[Li-AmInd] Kusunda Language: Is Not An Extinct Langauge

[dan everett]

     If there are only three speakers and they cannot remember much of
     their language, then, unfortunately, the language IS extinct. A
     language that has passed out of daily use and has been forgotten could
     be revived, but that would be another version of the language (like
     Hebrew). What you have here are a few remains of the language, bits
     and pieces. Worth documenting perhaps, but if you're thinking of a
     grammar or phonology of the language, it would be built mainly on
     wishful thinking.

     Dan Everett