WIA Languages Day 5/221 - Tinigua (Tinigua) - A lonely voice in Colombia's jungle

1. The WIA Languages Project introduced a digital preservation plan for Colombia's Tinigua language, the fifth of 221 languages on record.
2. There is only one remaining Tinigua speaker, Sixto Muñoz, who lives in the La Macarena mountains of Meta Department and is described as about 95 years old.
3. WIA said it will digitize the audio and video recordings held at ELAR for preservation, and the next language on Day 6 is Tehuelche.

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