Andaman And Nicobar Islands: Two Years After Death Of The Bo Yet Another Andaman Tribe ‘Faces Extinction’

Andaman And Nicobar Islands: Two Years After Death Of The Bo Yet Another Andaman Tribe ‘Faces Extinction’   Two years after India’s Andaman Islands lost the last speaker of ‘Bo’, a leading linguist has warned the Jarawa could face a similar fate unless the road running through their reserve is closed.   Professor Anvita Abbi specializes in endangered languages, and has recently published a dictionary documenting four of the oldest ones in the world.   She said, ‘unless we develop...

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