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Within Bangladeshl lies Khidirpur village, where ten languages have already gone fast to sleep - with no recordings, no written documentation, and  no more speakers left. Bhumij, a language of the Austro-Asiatic Kol-Munda family, only lives within 4 remaining families, and is quickly following the other now-sleeping languages. Haque and Soren take a look into what lead this rich and diverse linguistic region into such decline and silence, and what initiatives tried to divert the crisis, and further discuss the cultural legacies that have vanished along with the languages.

ELP Language
Bhumij Birhor Turi Ho
ELP Categories
Language in Society
Resource Types
News Story
Country
Bangladesh
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Journalists/Media Everyone Policymakers Activists/Advocates
Tag
Language Diversity and Language Endangerment Awakening Sleeping Languages and Language Revival
URL
https://www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/unheard-voices/news/ten-languages-lost-…

Source URL: https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/resource/ten-languages-lost-countless-stories-gone