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A Chilean Indigenous Language Vanishes as Last Native Speaker Dies

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A Chilean Indigenous Language Vanishes as Last Native Speaker Dies

CALEC Bulletin #44 - After the passing of its last living speaker and preserver of its cultural history, an indigenous language from the far south of South America has nearly been extinguished.

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Mar 4, 2022
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An indigenous language from South America's extreme south has all but vanished after the death of its last living speaker and guardian of its ancestral culture.

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