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WASHINGTON – A "hidden" language spoken by only about 1,000 people has been discovered in the remote northeast corner of India by researchers who at first thought they were documenting a dialect of the Aka culture, a tribal community that subsists on farming and hunting.
They found an entirely different vocabulary and linguistic structure.
Even the speakers of the tongue, called Koro, did not realize they had a distinct language, linguist K. David Harrison said Tuesday.
Culturally, the Koro speakers are part of the Aka community in India's Arunachal Pradesh state, and Harrison, a
Originally posted by Intelearthling
I don't know about the rest of you but I find this amazing, given the fact that we assumed that every corner of the world has been covered and documented.
What I really find interesting about this is that the people speaking this previously unknown language didn't realize their language was unique.
With what was considered a dialect is now considered distinct. With 6910 documented languages in the world, it's no wonder why there's a communication breakdown between cultures.
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Originally posted by airspoon
We are only scratching the surface of what is really out there.