Aka-Bo

[bart jacobs]

I completely agree, "ancient language" is really a misnomer. 

Still, "older" (e.g. Portuguese) and "newer" (e.g. Cape Verdean Creole) languages definitely exist. There is no illusion to dispel there. 

Best, 

Bart


 
> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 10:23:32 +0100
> From: johanna.laakso at UNIVIE.AC.AT
> Subject: Re: Aka-Bo
> To: ENDANGERED-LANGUAGES-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> 
> So sad.
> 
> What also made me sad was the way the BBC article was written: "an ancient
> language"... as if there were "older" and "newer" languages (one of the
> staples of any introduction to historical-comparative linguistics is to
> dispel this illusion), and as if the death of any ("less ancient") language
> would not be such a loss to mankind.
> 
> Best
> Johanna Laakso
> 
> 
> Am 5.2.2010 09:53 schrieb "Nicholas Ostler" unter
> <nostler at CHIBCHA.DEMON.CO.UK>:
> 
> > Brief exposure for Bo on the BBC's Radio 4 Today Programme this morning:
> > 
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8499000/8499752.stm
> > 
> > I don't suppose so many people have ever heard it before, and now it is
> > gone.
> > 
> > 
> > Benjamin Barrett wrote:
> >> Wikipedia has the extinction of Aka-Bo on its main page.
> >> 
> >> BBC has an article as well:
> >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8498534.stm?ls
> >> 
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka-Bo_language
> >> http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=akm
> >> 
> >> Benjamin barrett
> >> Seattle, WA
> >> 
> 
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