Ancient dialect extinct after last speaker dies

Friday, February 5, 2010 - 11:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

PORT BLAIR, India (Reuters Life!) - One of the world's oldest dialects, which traces its origins to tens of thousands of years ago, has become extinct after the last person to speak it died on a remote Indian island. India - Dialect - Reuters - Extinction - Asia

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