Andaman Islands. Ancient Bo language becomes extinct
Human thought is inextricably tied to language. Diversity of language indicates diversity of humanity, so when a language dies, we are all impoverished. It seems from reading the articles listed below that only a couple of NGOs and some academics are concerned that the last speaker of an ancient tribal language has died in the Andaman Islands, breaking a 65,000-year link to one of the world’s oldest cultures.
With her death, a whole world is literally gone forever, and the whole of humanity has lost a part of itself.
Final survivor of ancient tribe spoke of the sadness of having no one left to talk to (Independent)