"Turkey's fading linguistic heritage
By Anita McNaught
Turkey's history as a corridor and a prize for migrating and trading peoples - whether nomads, refugees or conquering empires - has made it, in the words of etymologist Professor George Hewitt, a 'linguistic treasure-trove'.
But if more is not done to save these languages, it could become a linguistic graveyard."
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