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Boa Sr, the 85-year-old last speaker of "Bo," was the oldest member of the Great Andamanese tribe, R.C. Kar, deputy director of Tribal Health in Andaman, told Reuters on Friday.

She died last week in Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which were hit by a devastating tsunami in 2004.

"With the death of Boa Sr and the extinction of the Bo language, a unique part of human society is now just a memory," said Stephen Corry, director of Survival International, an organization that supports tribes worldwide.



http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6143UW20100205

http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5509

http://www.survival.es/noticias/5512

http://www.survivalfrance.org/actu/5513

http://www.survival-international.de/nachrichten/5337

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  • Her voice was truly haunting. A tragedy that this amazing language has died out.

  • Gripping voice. Sad story.

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  • Have we learned nothing from the tragies suffered by the Native Americans at the hands of the Eropeans? Let Native people from all over the world live their lives without diease, death and destruction. Let these people preserve their own history. We can't let another tribe become extinct. May God rest Boa's soul.

  • @Rollinappler274 She never had children

  • It sounds so cool. Damn, I wish that she had taught others the language.

  • Are there people out there who still can understand it?

  • @DaRealElChiaUSA k we need the other 100,000 people ...call them

  • Vsauce unite!!

  • @cooolkid125 hahaha im with ya bro

  • here comes vsauce.... at least I think so o.o

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