Saturday, June 30, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: June 30

Juan José Fustero
June 30

1921: The Californian language Tataviam becomes extinct with the passing away of its last speaker Juan José Fustero.

1998: British teenager Derek Bentley, hanged for killing a policeman in 1952, is posthumously pardoned, thanks to evidence from forensic linguistics.

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