Boa Senior had been lonely the last few years of her life. When she died last week, she was no longer alone — she took her tribe and language with her. The 85-year-old, who had survived the December 2004 tsunami, was the last member of the Bo tribe and the last speaker of the Bo language, one of the 10 Great Andamanese languages. With her death, her tribe has become extinct and...

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