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    What is the term for an individual in a group, who is the only speaker of a given language?

    Question #106639. Asked by BaronBatty. (Jun 26 09 8:15 PM)


    edmund80

    		There does not seem to be a special designation for this person, other than "last native speaker" or "sole speaker" or "last fluent speaker" or simply, "last speaker."

    http://www.rlnn.com/ArtOct06/TulalipsMournLossLastNativeSpeaker.html
    http://www.reznetnews.org/article/languages-sole-speaker-tries-save-it-31050
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18391658
    http://aprn.org/2008/01/22/eyak-language-dies-with-its-last-speaker/


    Jun 27 09, 9:13 PM

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