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Friday, 10 December 2010

Any last words?



The Daily Telegraph reports that twenty languages used in Britain, including Old Kentish Sign Language, have become extinct or are in imminent danger of so doing.

Full story here and here.
Posted by Canny Linguist at 02:23
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