@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 year agoTIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this languagewww.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down13
arrow-up1262arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1800 Alexander von Humboldt found a pet parrot in Amazonia that was the last "speaker" of an extinct language. He documented what it said, and his notes are the only trace of this languagewww.mentalfloss.com@[email protected] to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•1 year agoEven if it’s just an apocryphal story, it’s at least a crazy-interesting concept that I hadn’t even considered before.
Even if it’s just an apocryphal story, it’s at least a crazy-interesting concept that I hadn’t even considered before.