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Yámana last mother-tongue speaker died

Aleksandr Natarov, Wed, 2023-02-08 09:13
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ISO 639-3: 
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Cristina Calderón, DOB May 24, 1928, the last known fluent speaker of Yagan/Yámana, passed away on February 16, 2022.  I learned about that from an email from the Endangered Languages Projects and then found reports to the effect in the media.

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