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ArmsMerchant
2008-01-26, 22:04
In Alaska, the last Native speaker of Eyak died recently.

Right now, there are about twenty Native languges still extant, with the number of speakers ranging from 5 to10,000.

Rem
2008-01-26, 22:16
By native, do you mean inuit, or native including all the other aboriginals?

How much do they differ anyway?

ArmsMerchant
2008-01-26, 22:31
The figure includes Inuits, Aleuts, Tlingits, and various Alaskan Indians. I don't know a lot about them, but there is a story in bbc news--in fact, I'll post a link in a minute.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7206411.stm

there.

Rem
2008-01-26, 22:34
Excellent, thanks

Cellophane_Man
2008-01-26, 22:56
Languages die out at the rate of about 1 a fortnight.

Sad but true.

niggersexual
2008-01-29, 17:34
Good riddance.