LINGUIST List 23.368 Sat Jan 21 2012 Media: ''Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language'' discussed Editor for this issue: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Brent Woo , ''Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language'' discussed Message 1: ''Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language'' discussed Date: 20-Jan-2012 From: Brent Woo <bwoolinguistlist.org> Subject: ''Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language'' discussed E-mail this message to a friend The "Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language" by linguistics professor Anvita Abbi is discussed. The Great Andamanese languages came to the forefront of mainstream news when it was widely reported by BBC and other news outlets that Boa Sr., the last speaker of the Aka-Bo language, died in January 2010. The entire family is "extremely ancient" having remained in its relatively homogenized form for many thousands of years. All the languages are extinct or nearly extinct. Read more: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/savingworld/462398/ Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics Language Documentation Language Family(ies): Great Andamanese Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Jan-2012       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.