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Showing posts with label ISO 639-3:byi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ISO 639-3:byi. Show all posts

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

The vulnerable lives of Bengal's Birhor tribals

A report in the India News Post about the effect of poor health and deforestation on Birhors in West Bengal.

The Birhor Language is Critically Endangered, with 2000 speakers, according to UNESCO estimates, or 10000 according to Ethnologue.
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