The last of Nepal's Dura speakers (fwd link)

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The last of Nepal's Dura speakers

By Charles Haviland
BBC News, Kathmandu

Plans are being made to extend medical help to an octogenarian woman in Nepal
who is the last known speaker of a minority language.

None of the rest of Soma Devi Dura's family speak Dura, despite being from the
same ethnic group.

The only other person who could speak the language died last August.

Now Soma Devi Dura's health is ailing at her home in the hills of western Nepal,
and she has severely impaired sight and hearing.

Article link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7189898.stm