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Languages don't have faces, but people do. These are the faces of the indigenous people whose languages are in danger of dying out. Mursi: The Mursi are an ethnic group in Ethiopia with their own language Khoisan: The Khoisan languages are a group of African languages Aymara: The Aymara people are an indigenous nation in South America Mongolian: The Mongolian language is the official language of the Mongolian people Papuan languages: The non-Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea Tribal languages of Thailand: Numerous, including Mon, Khmer, Mlabri, Lawa and Orang Asli Zapotecan languages: A group contains the languages of the Zapotec dialect in Oaxaca, Mexico Native American Languages: The indigenous languages of tribes in North America If you would like to share pictures from your travels here, please contact us at editor@parrottime.com

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