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She died last person using one of the oldest languages of the world. Boa Sr., who died at the age of 85 years, at least 30 years, was the last person who spoke the ancient language of the Andaman Islands - gave Indian linguist. Write about it on Thursday on the BBC web site and the Indian media. With the death of Boa Sr. expired "because" one of the oldest languages in the world - the BBC quoted the words of Professor Abbi Anvity the Jawaharlal Nehru University. According to BBC, it is believed that the languages spoken by natives of the Andamans, with roots in Africa and may even come before 70 thousand. years. Andaman Islands, sometimes referred to as "dream anthropologist, is one of the most diverse in terms of linguistic areas of the world. Professor Abbi, who runs a web site dedicated to languages with Andamanu Great, explained that the Boa after the death of their parents had to learn the Hindi version of the Andaman, to be able to communicate with people. "Overall, it is believed that all languages can be representatives of the Andamanese languages derived pre-Neolithic" - Abbi said. Indigenous tribes inhabiting these islands are divided according to researchers at four main groups: the Andam Great (approx. 50 persons), Jarawa of South and Central Andamanu and the Onge and Sentinel (after several hundred people). Boa Sr. belonged to the tribes of the Great Andamanu residing Strait Island and the island still divided into 10 tribes, speaking at least four different languages. In November, with the death of the last user has disappeared one of the languages used there - khor. Professor Abbi is not fully mastered and Khor because, with only one call. But the team managed to create a dictionary Andamanu Great, containing 2500 words forming a mixture of all four languages. Many of them are the names of plants, birds and fish. In December 2004, a powerful tsunami destroyed seriously archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Boa survived it, managed to climb a tree - he writes "The Hindu". Andaman Islands are part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. |
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