When one death endangers a language (fwd link)

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When one death endangers a language

August 14, 2010
Australia

A language dies every 14 days, and half those spoken today are expected to
vanish by 2100. The secret language of the Kallawaya, in central South
America, is more than 400 years old and spoken by fewer than a hundred
people.

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http://www.smh.com.au/world/when-one-death-endangers-a-language-20100813-1235h.html
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